Alternative media are more recently discussed as anti-democratic threats rather than hopeful
alternatives to established mainstream positions. Despite the growing attention to anti …

This article enriches debates about “alternative media” by exploring what the term means to
users through an audience survey (n= 224). Responses revealed values and practices that …

Media scholars and non‐scholars alike have long sought to discern and describe the
differences between alternative media and mainstream media—a task that became harder …

In this introduction to the special issue Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding
Alternative News Media, we discuss how and to what extent alternative news media …

In order to better understand alternative news media, we need to focus more centrally on the
audiences that regularly consume them. This special issue, entitled “Contesting the …

Reasons for the virtual absence of research in this area are proposed, and contrasts
between users of conventional media and alternative media audiences suggested, along …

Studies have extensively discussed what characterizes news media sources as alternative.
However, this study focuses on users and the range of news sources they perceive as …

This article proposes a definition of alternative news media and suggests routes for further
research. It complements and extends previous conceptualizations in research on …

Research in alternative media has burgeoned since the turn of the millennium. The majority
of studies has examined the political and social dimensions of alternative media and has …

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