The Coyer, Kate creator Dowmunt, Tony 1951- Fountain, Alan text bibliography enk London New York Routledge 2007 monographic eng

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xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "Alternative media' are media produced by the socially, culturally and politically excluded: they are always independently run and often community-focused, ranging from pirate radio to activist publications, from digital video experiments to radical work on the Web. The Alternative Media Handbook explores the many and diverse media forms that these non-mainstream media take." "The Alternative Media Handbook gives brief histories of alternative radio, video and film, press and activity on the Web, then offers an overview of global alternative media work through numerous case studies, before moving on to provide practical information about alternative media production and how to get involved in it."--BOOK JACKET. pt. 1. Where alternative media came from: Mysteries of the black box unbound: an alternative history of radio / Kate Coyer -- Alternative film, video and television 1965-2005 / Alan Fountain -- The alternative press / Angela Phillips -- A brief history: the web and interactive media / Chris Atton -- pt. 2. What's happening now: Radical journalism -- Experimental forms -- Access to broadcasting -- Mainstream or alternative media? -- Culture jamming -- New(er) technologies -- Alternative media in development -- Distribution and audiences -- Student media -- Media activism -- pt. 3. Doing it yourself: DIY media-making resources -- Funding and finance -- "We are the network ... " Kate Coyer, Tony Dowmunt and Alan Fountain. Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-340) and index. Alternative mass media Medios de comunicación de masas Sociedad de masas P 96 C881a 2007 302.23 0415359651 (pbk : alk. paper) 9780415359658 (pbk : alk. paper) 041535966X (hb : alk. paper) 9780415359665 (hb : alk. paper) http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007027081.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0721/2007027081.html DLC 070628 20260324162812.0 eng