Contesting media power : alternative media in a networked world / edited by Nick Couldry and James Curran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Couldry, Nick

Curran, James.

Series:

Critical media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative mass media.

Mass media--Influence.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

x, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

Contesting Media Power explores the worldwide growth of alternative media that challenge the power concentration in large media corporations. Media scholars and political scientists analyze 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.

Contents:

Part I Introduction and Theoretical Perspectives

1 The Paradox of Media Power / Nick Couldry, James Curran 3

2 New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism / W. Lance Bennett 17

3 Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power / Nick Couldry 39

Part II In the Shadow of the State

4 Infoshops in the Shadow of the State / Chris Atton 57

5 Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia / Christine Morris, Michael Meadows 71

6 The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach / Lennart Weibull 89

Part III In the Shadow of the Market

7 Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies / Rodney Benson 111

8 Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s / Andrea L. Press, Tamar Liebes 129

9 Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia / Terhi Rantanen, Elena Vartanova 147

Part IV In the Shadow of Civil Society and Religion

10 Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan / Chin-Chuan Lee 163

11 The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile / Clemencia Rodriguez 177

12 New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology / Keyan G. Tomaselli, Ruth Teer-Tomaselli 195

13 Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China / Yuezhi Zhao 209

Part V New Media Spaces

14 Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet / James Curran 227

15 The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition / John D. H. Downing 243

16 The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace / Larry Gross 259

17 The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia / Merlyna Lim 273

18 The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations / Sharon Ling 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742523845

0742523853

OCLC:

51728710