Outputs (4)

Knowledge, resistance and critical spaces: the role of radical media in new social movements. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (1999, March). Knowledge, resistance and critical spaces: the role of radical media in new social movements

The British alternative press in the 1990s: aims, organisation, production and “writing” on the social margins. (1999)
Thesis
Atton, C. The British alternative press in the 1990s: aims, organisation, production and “writing” on the social margins. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3657

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.