| Description |
x, 319 pages : illustrations, ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Critical media studies |
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Critical media studies.
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| Contents |
1. The Paradox of Media Power / Nick Couldry and James Curran -- 2. New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism / W. Lance Bennett -- 3. Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power / Nick Couldry -- 4. Infoshops in the Shadow of the State / Chris Atton -- 5. Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia / Christine Morris and Michael Meadows -- 6. The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach / Lennart Weibull -- 7. Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies / Rodney Benson -- 8. Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s / Andrea L. Press and Tamar Liebes -- 9. Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia / Terhi Rantanen and Elena Vartanova -- 10. Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee -- 11. The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile / Clemencia Rodriguez -- 12. New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology / Keyan G. Tomaselli and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli -- 13. Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China / Yuezhi Zhao -- 14. Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet / James Curran -- 15. The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition / John D. H. Downing -- 16. The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace / Larry Gross -- 17. The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia / Merlyna Lim -- 18. The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations / Sharon Ling |
| Summary |
Contesting Media Power focusses on the worldwide growth of alternative media that are challenging the power concentration in large media corporations. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Alternative mass media.
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Mass media -- Influence.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Curran, James.
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Couldry, Nick.
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| LC no. |
2003004221 |
| ISBN |
0742523845 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742523853 paperback alkaline paper |
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