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News cultures and new social movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media. (2001)
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2001, October). News cultures and new social movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media. Paper presented at Scottish Media and Communication Association Annual Conference, Bridge of Allan

Radical media can be viewed as an extremely democratic form of communication, where people normally denied access to the mainstream media are able to speak on issues that concern them. Radical media are especially important for new social movements,... Read More about News cultures and new social movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media..

The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media. (2001)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2001). The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media. Journal of Mundane Behavior, 20,

Alternative media may be characterised by the degree to which they are de-professionalised, de-institutionalised and de-capitalised. Using these characteristics as a starting point, the presence of the mundane in the production of alternative media i... Read More about The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media..

‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines (2001)
Journal Article
ATTON, C. (2001). ‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines. Popular Music, 20(01), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261143001001295

At the height of its success in the first half of the 1970s, progressive rock was perhaps a surprisingly popular genre; surprising since its exponents strove to fuse classical models of composition and arrangement with electric instruments and extend... Read More about ‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines.