The recent flurry of research into alternative media (most significant being the book-length
studies by Atton, 2002, Downing, 2001, Rodriguez, 2001, and Part 3 of Couldry, 2000) has …

What is alternative journalism? For those encountering the term for the first time–and even
for those familiar with it–it can appear infuriatingly vague. How does it relate to an array of …

There is a long and continuing tradition of alternative media being produced to challenge
the discourse (s) of mainstream media. This article explores the ways in which the …

This article explores relationships between alternative forms of journalism and political
concepts such as democracy and citizenship; in the process of doing so, it explores the role …

Journalism practised within alternative media has typically been understood as being
entirely different to, and separate from, journalism practised within mainstream media …

In this chapter I argue that the academic study of alternative media is dominated by an
approach that focuses on their political value and, in particular, on the capacity of alternative …

This chapter examines journalism that is produced not by professionals but by those outside
mainstream media organizations. Amateur media producers typically have little or no …

Community media journalists are, in essence,'filling in the gaps' left by mainstream news
outlets. Forde's extensive 10 year study now develops an understanding of the journalistic …

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

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 …