All Outputs (34)

Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue (2022)
Book Chapter
Atton, C., Cowan, M., Docherty, H., Farnish, K., Moir, Z., & Pattie, E. (2022). Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue. In C. Randles, & P. Burnar

This chapter explores the concept of improvisational creativities in higher education and the ways in which such an approach to music education is beneficial. We report on a collaborative autoethnography, conducted by the authors, in which we explore... Read More about Activating and Developing Free Improvisational Creativities in Higher Education: Contesting Authority, Exploring Creativities, Stimulating Dialogue.

Counter-culture and underground (2019)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2019). Counter-culture and underground. In A. Nash, C. Squires, & I. R. Willison (Eds.), Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 7: The Twentieth Century and Beyond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Abstract not available.

Between the avant-garde and the popular: the discursive economy of Brian Eno’s musical practices (2016)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2016). Between the avant-garde and the popular: the discursive economy of Brian Eno’s musical practices. In S. Albiez, & D. Pattie (Eds.), Brian Eno: Oblique Music, (69-83). Bloomsbury Publishing

No abstract available.

Introduction: problems and positions in alternative and community media. (2015)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2014). Introduction: problems and positions in alternative and community media. In C. Atton (Ed.), Routledge companion to alternative and community media, 1-18. Routledge

Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture (2015)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2015). Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture. In C. Atton (Ed.), Routledge companion to alternative and community media (437-444). Routledge

No abstract available.

Writing about popular music: continuity, change and convergence in a digital age. (2015)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2015). Writing about popular music: continuity, change and convergence in a digital age. In F. Trumpi, & S. Obert (Eds.), Musikkritik: Historische Zugänge und systematische Perspektiven, (11-32). Mille Tre Verlag

No abstract available.

Reshaping social movement media for a new millennium. (2014)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2014). Reshaping social movement media for a new millennium. In S. ., & R. Kumar (Eds.), Social Movements: Transformative Shifts and Turning Points, 347-364. Routledge

Alternative media, the mundane and 'everyday citizenship' (2014)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2014). Alternative media, the mundane and 'everyday citizenship'. In M. Ratto, & M. Boler (Eds.), DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media (343-357). MIT Press

No abstract available.

Foreword: Local Journalism, Radical Reporting and the Everyday. (2013)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2013). Foreword: Local Journalism, Radical Reporting and the Everyday. In T. Harcup (Ed.), Alternative journalism, alternative voices (xi-xvi). Routledge

Separate, supplementary or seamless? Alternative media and professional journalism. (2012)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2012). Separate, supplementary or seamless? Alternative media and professional journalism. In M. Broersma, & C. Peters (Eds.), Rethinking Journalism: Trust and Participation in a Transformed Media Landscape, 131-143. Routledge

Zines (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). Zines. In J. D. H. Downing (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media (565-567). SAGE Publications

Activist media as mainstream model: what can professional journalists learn from Indymedia? (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). Activist media as mainstream model: what can professional journalists learn from Indymedia?. In B. Franklin, & M. Carlson (Eds.), Journalists, Sources and Credibility: New Perspectives, 61-75. Routledge

Alternative Media. (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). Alternative Media. In J. D. H. Downing (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media (15-20). SAGE Publications

Anarchist media. (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). Anarchist media. In J. D. H. Downing (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media (43-48). SAGE Publications

In search of cultural politics in a Fall fanzine. (2010)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2010). In search of cultural politics in a Fall fanzine. In M. Goddard, & B. Halligan (Eds.), Mark E. Smith and the Fall: Art, Music and Politics (169-180). Ashgate Publishing

Why Fanzines matter. (2009)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2009). Why Fanzines matter. In S. Franklin (Ed.), Setting the Standard: A Project for Improving Rangers (4-5). Gersnet

It is easy, perhaps too easy, to dismiss fanzines. Some consider them as the inconsequent ramblings of obsessive’s with too much time on their hands. Others feel that they are vehicles for wannabe journalists who cannot make it in the professional me... Read More about Why Fanzines matter..

Alternative and Citizen Journalism (2009)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2009). Alternative and Citizen Journalism. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen, & T. Hanitzsch (Eds.), The Handbook of Journalism Studies (265-278). Routledge

This chapter examines journalism that is produced not by professionals but by those outside mainstream media organizations. Amateur media producers typically have little or no training or professional qualifications as journalists; they write and rep... Read More about Alternative and Citizen Journalism.

Alternative journalism: ideology and practice. (2009)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2009). Alternative journalism: ideology and practice. In S. Allan (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism Studies (169-178). Routledge

Bringing theory into practice: locating staff research in the undergraduate classroom. (2008)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2008). Bringing theory into practice: locating staff research in the undergraduate classroom. In L. Whistlecroft (Ed.), Creative Graduates: Learning and Research in the Creative Arts (49-52). PALATINE

This case study comes from the final year undergraduate course, Alternative and Radical Media, which is taught on BA (Hons) Journalism; BA (Hons) Cultural and Media Studies; BA (Hons) Publishing Media. When this module first began in 2002, it was, to... Read More about Bringing theory into practice: locating staff research in the undergraduate classroom..

Alternative Media Theory and Journalism Practice. (2008)
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2008). Alternative Media Theory and Journalism Practice. In M. Boler (Ed.), Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times (213-227). MIT Press