Challenging the news : the journalism of alternative and community media / Susan Forde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forde, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--History--21st century.

Journalism.

Online journalism.

Citizen journalism.

Alternative mass media.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

Altertnative and community journalism is a unique set of practices which has a long history in the mechanism of democracy in one sense alternative and community journalism is attempting to fill the gaps left by mainstream new outlets in another sense, it is a discrete process which is dedicated to seeking truth and, in these sense endeavours, sometimes pays little attention to the content of its mainstream counterparts. In light of this, What do we really know about alternative and community journalism? Where do the news ideas come from and how are editorial decisions made? What is the motivational and how does this influence reporting? And in assessing this form should our focus be on content, or process?

Challenging the News examines the nature of alternative and community media outlets, focusing on the news structures and journalistic practices at work. By theorizing alternative journalism as a set of practices unique to its practitioners- and consistent across time despite changing technology and shifting environments -Forde provides original evidence via interviews with journalists, and examines journalistic content to support her key arguments about the motivation of alternative journalists to enhance democracy and public life.

Forde's extensive study develops an understanding of the journalistic practices at work in independent and community news organizations in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and practice based examples of what it is alternative journalists do....Drawing on original text research into a range of alternative and community media, this original texts offers a unique insight into journalistic practices motivations. Book jacket.

Contents:

Understanding alternative and independent journalism

Defining moments in the history of alternative journalism

Finding the basis for alternative and independent journalism

Looking for answers: how alternative media journalists engage their audiences

Connecting with democracy: The 'new' alternative media

Throwing out the bathwater (but not the baby): objectivity, 'professionalism' and the economics of alternative journalism

The global policy environment for alternative and community media forms

Concluding thoughts: The nature of alternative journalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-205) and index.

ISBN:

9780230243569

0230243568

9780230243576

0230243576

OCLC:

713185491