Understanding community media / edited by Kevin Howley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howley, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local mass media.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A cutting edge examination of community media from theoretical, empirical, historical, and practitioner perspectives, with essays on subjects like women's video collectives in India, indigenous radio in Colombia, street newspapers in Canada, and independent media in Nigeria.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART I: Theoretical Issues and Perspectives; 1 - Social Solidarity and Constituency Relationships in Community Radio; 2 - Democratic Potentials of Citizens' Media Practices; 3 - Community Arts and Music, Community Media; 4 - Collaborative Pipelines; 5 - Notes on a Theory of Community Radio; 06-Howley-Part II-46019; PART II: Civil Society and the Public Sphere; 6 - Reimagining National Belonging With Community Radio; 7 - Alternative Media and the Public Sphere in Zimbabwe; 8 - Toronto Street News as a Counterpublic Sphere

9 - Evaluating Community Informatics as a Means for Local Democratic Renewal10 - Mapping Communication Patterns Between Romani Media and Romani NGOs in the Republic of Macedonia; PART III: Cultural Geographies; 11 - Aboriginal Internet Art and the Imagination of Community; 12-Howley-46019; 12 - Media Interventions in Racialized Communities; 13 - Community Collaboration in Media and Arts Activism; 14 - Examining the Successesand Struggles of New Zealand's Maori TV; 15 - Itche Kadoozy, Orthodox Representation, and the Internet as Community Media; PART IV: Community Development

16 - Positioning Education Within Community Media17 - Dalitbahujan Women's Autonomous Video; 18 - Coketown and Its Alternative Futures; 19-Howley-46019; 19 - Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Through Participatory Media Planning; PART V: Community Media and Social Movements; 20 - Indigenous Community Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia; 21 - Ethnic Community Media and Social Change; 22 - A Participatory Model of Video Making; 23 - Feminist Guerrilla Video in the Twin Cities; PART VI: Communication Politics

24 - Community Radio and Video, Social Activism,and Neoliberal Public Policy in Chile During the Transition to Democracy25 - Past, Present, and Future of the Hungarian Community Radio Movement; 26 - Community Media Activists in Transnational Policy Arenas; 27 - Closings and Openings; 28 - The Rise of the Intranet Era; PART VII: Local Media, Global Struggles; 29 - "Asking We Walk"; 30 - Radio Voices Without Frontiers Global Antidiscrimination Broadcast; 31 - Media Activism for Global Justice; 32 - The Global Turn of the Alternative Media Movement; Index; About the Editor

About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

833764409