Contesting Media Power Alternative Media in a Networked World

by Couldry, Nick; Curran, James; Atton, Chris; Bennett, Lance; Benson, Rodney; Curran, James; Downing, John; Gross, Larry; Lee, Chin-Chuan; Liebes, Tamar; Lim, Merlyna; Ling, Sharon; Meadows, Michael; Morris, Christine; Press, Andrea; Rantanen, Terhi; Rodrig

• ISBN13: 9780742523852
• ISBN10: 0742523853
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Contesting Media Power explores the worldwide growth of alternative media that challenge the power concentration in large media corporations. Media scholars and political scientists analyze alternative media in Australia, Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Topics include independent media centers, gay online networks and alternative web discussion forums; feminist film, political journalism and social networks; indigenous communication and church-sponsored media. This important book will help shape debates on the media's role in current global struggles. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	ix
PART I: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
1 The Paradox of Media Power	3	(14)
Nick Couldry and James Curran
2 New Media Power: The Internet and Global Activism	17	(22)
W. Lance Bennett
3 Beyond the Hall of Mirrors? Some Theoretical Reflections on the Global Contestation of Media Power	39	(18)
Nick Couldry
PART II: IN THE SHADOW OF THE STATE
4 Infoshops in the Shadow of the State	57	(14)
Chris Atton
5 Framing the Future: Indigenous Communication in Australia	71	(18)
Christine Morris and Michael Meadows
6 The Press Subsidy System in Sweden: A Critical Approach	89	(22)
Lennart Weibull
PART III: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MARKET
7 Commercialism and Critique: California's Alternative Weeklies	111	(18)
Rodney Benson
8 Has Feminism Caused a Wrinkle on the Face of Hollywood Cinema? A Tentative Appraisal of the '90s	129	(18)
Andrea L. Press and Tamar Liebes
9 Empire and Communications: Centrifugal and Centripetal Media in Contemporary Russia	147	(16)
Terhi Rantanen and Elena Vartanova
PART IV: IN THE SHADOW OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND RELIGION
10 Liberalization without Full Democracy: Guerrilla Media and Political Movements in Taiwan	163	(14)
Chin-Chuan Lee
11 The Bishop and His Star: Citizens' Communication in Southern Chile	177	(18)
Clemencia Rodriguez
12 New Nation: Anachronistic Catholicism and Liberation Theology	195	(14)
Keyan G. Tomaselli and Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
13 Falun Gong, Identity, and the Struggle over Meaning Inside and Outside China	209	(18)
Yuezhi Zhao
PART V: NEW MEDIA SPACES
14 Global Journalism: A Case Study of the Internet	227	(16)
James Curran
15 The Independent Media Center Movement and the Anarchist Socialist Tradition	243	(16)
John D.H. Downing
16 The Gay Global Village in Cyberspace	259	(14)
Larry Gross
17 The Internet, Social Networks, and Reform in Indonesia	273	(16)
Merlyna Lim
18 The Alternative Media in Malaysia: Their Potential and Limitations	289	(14)
Sharon Ling
Index	303	(14)
About the Contributors	317