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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.

Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product' (2000)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2000). Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'. Critical Quarterly, 42(4), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8705.00318

Examines varied issues related to alternative media in Scotland. Analysis of a set of media practices collectively known as alternative media; Problems on finding an adequate definition for alternative media; Publication's position with respect to th... Read More about Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'.

Zines and the materiality of alternative culture. (2000)
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2000, July). Zines and the materiality of alternative culture. Paper presented at Material Cultures: the Book, the Text and the Archive, University of Edinburgh

Retheorising alternative and radical media. (2000)
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2000, January). Retheorising alternative and radical media. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, University of Sheffield

Reading and resistance: what are activists reading and why? (1999)
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (1999, July). Reading and resistance: what are activists reading and why?. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin

The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s. New Library World, 100(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809910248564

This article introduces the infoshop movement, a network of independent information centres run by political activists throughout Europe and the USA. The article defines and describes the nature of the infoshop, the services it provides and the natur... Read More about The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s.

A reassessment of the alternative press (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). A reassessment of the alternative press. Media, Culture and Society, 21(1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/016344399021001003

This article revisits the Comedia group's assessment of the alternative press as one of commercial failure. It examines the British alternative press of the 1990s and finds that, while financial exigency and anti-commercialism are still prevalent, ne... Read More about A reassessment of the alternative press.

The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1998). The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections. Collection Building, 17(4), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604959810238293

Argues that the hybrid nature of collection development (electronic and print) requires a corresponding hybridised system of collection exploitation. Proposes a model for the exploitation of hybrid cultural collections that draws on ethnographic prin... Read More about The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections.

Power and dissidence in radical media. (1998)
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (1998, November). Power and dissidence in radical media. Paper presented at Saintsbury Conference: Rewriting democracy - postmodern cultural politics, University of Edinburgh