Alternative and activist new media

Author

• Lievrouw, Leah A.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Cambridge, Malden: Polity Press, 2011

Language

English

ISBN

9780745641836

Series

Digital media and society series

Subject(s)

• COMMUNICATION-POLITICAL ASPECTS
• WEB 2.0-POLITICAL ASPECTS
• POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
• MASS MEDIA-POLITICAL ASPECTS

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 248-278. Index:p. 279-293

Abstract

Alternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies to gain visibility and voice, present alternative or marginal views, share their own DIY information systems and content, and otherwise resist, talk back to, or confront dominant media culture. Today, a lively and contentious cycle of capture, cooptation, and subversion of information, content, and system design marks the relationship between the mainstream ‘center’ and the interactive, participatory ‘edges’ of media culture.
Five principal forms of alternative and activist new media projects are introduced, including the characteristics that make them different from more conventional media forms and content. The book traces the historical roots of these projects in alternative media, social movements, and activist art, including analyses of key case studies and links to relevant electronic resources.Alternative and Activist New Media will be a useful addition to any course on new media and society, and essential for readers interested in new media activism.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

ix, 293 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

List of Tables and Figures vi
Acknowledgements viii
1 Introduction 1
2 The Roots of Alternative and Activist New Media 28
3 Monkeywrenching the Media Machine: Culture Jamming 72
4 Hacking the New Out of the Old: Alternative Computing 98
5 Breaking Through the Information Blockade: Participatory Journalism and Indymedia 119
6 Getting People on the “Street”: Mediated Mobilization 149
7 Challenging the Experts: Commons Knowledge 177
8 New Media, Mediation 214
Notes 236
References 248
Index 279

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