Alternative and Activist Media [[electronic resource] /] / Mitzi Waltz

• Autore: Waltz Mitzi
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, GBR, : Edinburgh University Press, 2005; Edinburgh University Press
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.23
• Soggetto topico: Alternative mass media; Mass media; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Media Studies; Journalism & Communications; Communication & Mass Media
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143- 146) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Who needs an alternative? An introduction to the role of alternative and activist media -- 2 A brief history of alternative and activist media -- 3 Unheard voices, unseen images -- 4 Anyone with a cheap transmitter can do radio -- 5 Broadcasting beyond the corporate sphere -- 6 Artistic impulses -- 7 Creating media spaces for the personal -- 8 ‘Cyberculture’: a study of the latest wave of alternative and activist media -- 9 From the margins to the mainstream -- 10 New directions for a new century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Internet resources -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study of alternative and activist media provides an introduction to alternative media theories, audiences and practices. It brings diverse voices and concepts from outside the commercial media world to the fore, enriching and challenging mass media. Illustrated with historical and current examples, from both a UK and international perspective, it also includes carefully constructed exercises and discussion topics based on case studies and available texts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alternative and Activist Media
• ISBN: 1-280-55392-8; 0-7486-1957-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815905503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Media topics.