Alternative media

Atton, Chris

Abstract

What are 'alternative media'? Are they the same as underground, radical or oppositional media? In this book, Chris Atton offers a fresh introduction to alternative media: one which is not limited to 'radical' media, but can also account for newer cultural forms such as zines, fanzines, and personal websites. Alternative Media: * Examines how and why people produce and use alternative media - to make meaning, to interpret, and to change the world in which they live * Encompasses a wide range of alternative media and draws on examples from both the United States and United Kingdom * Locates contemporary alternative media in their cultural, historical and political contexts Alternative Media provides a timely corrective to media theorizing which focuses almost exclusively on the output of the media conglomerates.

Citation

Atton, C. (2002). Alternative media. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446220153

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: 2002
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2008
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Alternative media.
• ISBN: 761967710; 9780761967712
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446220153
• Keywords: alternative media; opppositional media; zines; fanzines; personal websites; alternative press; anarchists; freedom of the press; media; publications; zines
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2213
• Publisher URL: http://sk.sagepub.com/books/alternative-media