The Alternative Media Handbook [Paperback]

'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are independently run and community focussed, such as zines, pirate radio, online discussion boards, community run and owned broadcasting companies, and activist publications such as Red Pepperand Corporate Watch. The book outlines the different types of 'alternative media' and offers an overview of global alternative media activity, before moving on to provide information about alternative media production and how to get involved in it, including:

• What is Alternative Media?
• alternative media in practice
• making media
• getting involved.

This book will primarily appeal to students studying media freedom, alternative media, media globalization and media production as well as anyone wishing to embark on a career in this field.

Foreword by James Curran  1. Introduction  Part 1: Where Alternative Media came From  2. Mysteries of the Black Box Unbound: An Alternative History of Radio  3. Alternative Film, Video and Television 1965-2005  4. The Alternative Press  5. A Brief History: the Web and Interactive Media  Part 2: Whats Happening Now  6. Radical Journalism  7. Experimental Forms  8. Access to Broadcasting  9. Mainstream or Alternative Media?  10. Culture Jamming  11. New(er) Technologies  12. Alternative Media in Development  13. Distribution and Audiences  14. Student Media  15. Media Activism  Part 3: Doing it Yourself  16. DIY Media-making Resources  17. Funding and Finance  18. We are the Network&  Resources.  Bibliography.  Index