Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in a Networked WorldNick Couldry, James Curran Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 - 319 Seiten Contesting Media Power is the most ambitious international collection to date on the worldwide growth of alternative media that are challenging the power concentration in large media corporations. Media scholars and political scientists develop a broad comparative framework for analyzing alternative media in Australia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include independent media centers, gay online networks and alternative web discussion forums, feminist film, political journalism and social networks, indigenous communication, and church-sponsored media. This important book will help shape debates on the media's role in current global struggles, such as the anti-globalization movement. |
Inhalt
The Paradox of Media Power | 3 |
New Media Power | 17 |
Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power | 39 |
IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE | 55 |
Infoshops in the Shadow of the State | 57 |
Framing the Future Indigenous Communication in Australia | 71 |
The Press Subsidy System in Sweden A Critical Approach | 89 |
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MARKET | 109 |
The Bishop and His Star Citizens Communication in Southern Chile | 177 |
New Nation Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology | 195 |
Falun Gong Identity and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China | 209 |
NEW MEDIA SPACES | 225 |
Global Journalism A Case Study of the Internet | 227 |
The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition | 243 |
The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace | 259 |
The Internet Social Networks and Reform in Indonesia | 273 |
Commercialism and Critique Californias Alternative Weeklies | 111 |
Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the 90s | 129 |
Empire and Communications Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia | 147 |
IN THE SHADOW OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND RELIGION | 161 |
Liberalization without Full Democracy Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan | 163 |
The Alternative Media in Malaysia Their Potential and Limitations | 289 |
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About the Contributors | 317 |
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