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Contesting Media Power » (1st Edition)
Authors: Nick Couldry, James (Eds.) Curran, James Curran (Editor), James Curran
ISBN-13: 9780742523852, ISBN-10: 0742523853
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Nick Couldry
Book Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
| Tables and Figures | ||
| 1 | The Paradox of Media Power | 3 |
| 2 | New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism | 17 |
| 3 | Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power | 39 |
| 4 | Infoshops in the Shadow of the State | 57 |
| 5 | Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia | 71 |
| 6 | The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach | 89 |
| 7 | Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies | 111 |
| 8 | Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s | 129 |
| 9 | Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia | 147 |
| 10 | Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan | 163 |
| 11 | The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile | 177 |
| 12 | New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology | 195 |
| 13 | Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China | 209 |
| 14 | Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet | 227 |
| 15 | The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition | 243 |
| 16 | The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace | 259 |
| 17 | The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia | 273 |
| 18 | The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations | 289 |
| Index | 303 | |
| About the Contributors | 317 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Media Media - General & Miscellaneous
Entertainment Media Media - Theory & Philosophy
Nonfiction Social Sciences Media & Communications
Science & Nature Social Sciences Media & Communications
Social Sciences Media & Communications Media - General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Media & Communications Media - Theory & Philosophy
Nonfiction Entertainment Media
Media Media - General & MiscellaneousEntertainment
Media Media - Theory & PhilosophyNonfiction
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsScience & Nature
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsSocial Sciences
Media & Communications Media - General & MiscellaneousSocial Sciences
Media & Communications Media - Theory & PhilosophyNonfiction
Entertainment Media
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