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Radical Media
Rebellious Communication and Social Movements
- John D. H. Downing - Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
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Mass Communication (General)
Mass Communication (General)
October 2000 | 440 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
From dance and graffiti to video and the Internet and from satirical prints and street theatre to culture-jamming, subversive song, performance art and underground radio, this book is a comprehensive analysis of all radical media and movements.The first part of the book explores social and cultural theory in order to show that radical media should be a central part of our understanding of media in history. The second part provides an historical and international analysis of radical media to illustrate their centrality and diversity. This section also includes consideration of ultra-rightist media as a key contrast case. The final part provides detailed case studies of the anti-fascist media explosion of 1974-75 in Portugal, Italy's long-running radical media, and radio and access video in the USA, and illegal media in the dissolution of the former Soviet bloc dictatorships.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS - RADICAL MEDIA INTERSECT MEDIA THEORY
Popular Culture, `Audiences' and Radical Media
Power, Hegemony, Resistance
Social Movements, the Public Sphere, Networks
Community, Democracy, Dialogue and Radical Media
Art, Aesthetics, Radical Media, Communication
Radical Media Organization
Religion, Ethnicity, the International Dimension
Repressive Radical Media
PART TWO: RADICAL MEDIA TAPESTRY: COMMUNICATIVE REBELLION IN HISTORY AND GLOBALLY
Public Speech, Dance, Jokes and Song
Graffiti and Dress
Popular Theatre, Street Theatre, Performance Art and Culture Jamming
The Press
`Mind Bombs'
Radio
Film and Video
The Internet
PART THREE: EXTENDED CASE STUDIES
The Portuguese Explosion
Italy
Access Television and Grassroots Political Communication in the United States
KPFA, Berkeley and Free Radio Berkeley
Samizdat in the Former Soviet Bloc
A Hexagon by Way of a Conclusion
Interesting book. Appropriate for master level.
Dept of Tourism & Leisure Management, University of Central Lancashire
November 30, 2015
