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Informationen zum Autor Chris Atton is Professor of Media and Culture in the School of Arts and Creative Industries of Edinburgh Napier University. His research is primarily interested in popular culture that is produced by "ordinary," non-professional writers and editors of fanzines, radical newspapers, independent publishers and social media. He is particularly interested in how audiences and fan communities make sense of popular culture through their own writing. He has made special studies of music fanzines, radical political newspapers and the use of the internet for the distribution of "amateur ideas." His books include Alternative Media (Sage, 2002) and Alternative Journalism (Sage, 2008, with James F. Hamilton). Klappentext The first book in the field to introduce students to the history, culture, theory and contemporary practice of alternative journalism. Zusammenfassung The first book in the field to introduce students to the history! culture! theory and contemporary practice of alternative journalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Historicisation of Alternative Journalism Political-economic Pressures That Shape Alternative Journalism Who are Alternative Journalists? A Social Demographic Survey Multiple Policies, Multiple Forms, Multiple Challenges Contemporary Practices of Alternative Journalism Alternative Journalism in the World: A Comparative Survey Theorising Alternative Journalism Future Directions Alternative Journalism: A Critical Bibliography
List of contents
The Historicisation of Alternative Journalism
Political-economic Pressures That Shape Alternative Journalism
Who are Alternative Journalists? A Social Demographic Survey
Multiple Policies, Multiple Forms, Multiple Challenges
Contemporary Practices of Alternative Journalism
Alternative Journalism in the World: A Comparative Survey
Theorising Alternative Journalism
Future Directions
Alternative Journalism: A Critical Bibliography
Report
A provocative, inspiring and challenging intervention in both journalism and media studies.... Alternative Journalism is the rare book that services students as much as scholars. It widens the trajectory of media studies and creates different modes of reading, writing and thinking... Writing a textbook is tough. Writing a textbook that enables the development of new knowledge is rare and important... It offers an alternative history beyond the tales of great men, great newspapers, great editors and great technologies. It adds value and content to overused and ambiguous words such as "community" and "citizenship" and captures the spark of new information environments. THE (Times Higher Education)
