Radical media : rebellious communication and social movements / John D.H. Downing ; with Tamara Villarreal Ford, Genève Gil, Laura Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Downing, John (John Derek Hall)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism in mass media.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

xiv, 426 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2001]

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive analysis of all radical media and social movements worldwide. It relates the development of radical media to social and cultural theory and provides an historical and international analysis as well as detailed case studies.

Contents:

I. Concepts: Radical Media Intersect Media Theory 1

1. Popular Culture, Audiences, and Radical Media 3

2. Power, Hegemony, Resistance 12

3. Social Movements, the Public Sphere, Networks 23

4. Community, Democracy, Dialogue, and Radical Media 38

5. Art, Aesthetics, Radical Media, and Communication 56

6. Radical Media Organization: Two Models 67

7. Religion, Ethnicity, and the International Dimension 75

8. Repressive Radical Media 88

II. Radical Media Tapestry: Communicative Rebellion Historically and Globally 101

10. Public Speech, Dance, Jokes, and Song 105

11. Graffiti and Dress 121

12. Popular Theater, Street Theater, Performance Art, and Culture-Jamming 130

13. The Press 143

14. Mind Bombs: Woodcuts, Satirical Prints, Flyers, Photomontage, Posters, and Murals 158

15. Radio 181

16. Film and Video 192

17. Radical Internet Use / Tamara Villarreal Ford, Geneve Gil 201

III. Extended Case Studies 235

18. The Portuguese Explosion: The Collapse of Dictatorship and Colonialism, 1974-1975 237

19. Italy: Three Decades of Radical Media 266

20. Access Television and Grassroots Political Communication in the United States / Laura Stein 299

21. KPFA, Berkeley, and Free Radio Berkeley 325

22. Samizdat in the Former Soviet Bloc 354

23. A Hexagon by Way of a Conclusion 388.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-421) and index.

ISBN:

0803956983

0803956991

OCLC:

43728884