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Alternative journalism

Alternative Journalism is the first book to investigate and analyse the diverse forms and genres of journalism that have arisen as challenges to mainstream news coverage. From the radical content of emancipatory media to the dizzying range of citizen journalist blogs and fanzine subcultures, this book charts the historical and cultural practices of this diverse and globalized phenomenon. This exploration goes to the heart of journalism itself, prompting a critical inquiry into the epistemology of news, the professional norms of objectivity, the elite basis of journalism and the hierarchical co
eBook, English, 2008
SAGE Publications Ltd, Sage Publications Ltd., London, London, 2008
Specialized.
1 online resource (192 pages)
9780857026811, 9781446241233, 085702681X, 1446241238
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The historicization of alternative journalism
Political-economic pressures that shape alternative journalism
Who are alternative journalists? : a social demographic survey
Multiple policies, multiple forms, multiple challenges
Contemporary practices of alternative journalism
Alternative journalism in the world : a comparative survey
Theorizing alternative journalism
Future directions
Alternative journalism : a critical bibliography
The Historicisation of Alternative Journalism<br />Political-economic Pressures That Shape Alternative Journalism<br />Who are Alternative Journalists? A Social Demographic Survey<br />Multiple Policies, Multiple Forms, Multiple Challenges<br />Contemporary Practices of Alternative Journalism<br />Alternative Journalism in the World: A Comparative Survey<br />Theorising Alternative Journalism<br />Future Directions<br />Alternative Journalism: A Critical Bibliography<br />
English