Challenging the news : the journalism of alternative and community media /

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Author / Creator:Forde, Susan.
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:xvii, 214 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8834665
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ISBN:9780230243569
0230243568
9780230243576 (pbk.)
0230243576 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-205) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding alternative and independent journalism
  • Defining moments in the history of alternative journalism
  • Finding the basis for alternative and independent journalism
  • Looking for answers: how alternative media journalists engage their audiences
  • Connecting with democracy: The 'new' alternative media
  • Throwing out the bathwater (but not the baby): objectivity, 'professionalism' and the economics of alternative journalism
  • The global policy environment for alternative and community media forms
  • Concluding thoughts: The nature of alternative journalism.