Alternative and Mainstream Media - The converging spectrum

Informationen zum Autor Linda Jean Kenix is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Canterbury. She was previously Assistant Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Since receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 2001, her work has been published broadly in over 20 international journals and has presented her research at more than 30 international conferences, winning 'best paper' four times. She has been awarded two prestigious Erskine Fellowships with placements as a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University and the University of Cambridge. Zusammenfassung In this ground-breaking new book, Linda Jean Kenix shows how alternative and mainstream media exist on the same continuum, and where their points of convergence lie. She also demonstrates how alternative media creates 'alternative communications', and casts the whole media spectrum in a new light. Inhaltsverzeichnis Alternative and Mainstream Media Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Modern Media Continuum Chapter 3: Media Frames Chapter 4: The Power of Representation Chapter 5: Defining Media Through Individual Motivations and Identities Chapter 6: Defining Media Through Organisational Practices Chapter 7: Defining Media Through Media Ownership Chapter 8: Defining Media Through Ideological Influences

Product details

• Authors: Linda Jean Kenix, Kenix Linda Jean
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2011
• EAN: 9781849665209
• ISBN: 978-1-84966-520-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Media, Information & Communication Industries