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Remaking media : the struggle to democratize public communication / Robert A. Hackett, William K. Carroll.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))Publisher: Abingdon, [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xvi, 235 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0415394686 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0415394694 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23 22
LOC classification:
  • P95.8 .H33 2006
Contents:
1. Introduction : beyond the media's democratic deficit? -- 2. What is at stake? : power and the media field -- 3. Democratizing society : social movements and public communication -- 4. Visions and divisions : normative commitments of media democratization -- 5. The long revolution and the media alliance -- 6. Campaigning for press and broadcasting freedom in the UK -- 7. Challenges for media activism : obstacles and opponents -- 8. Springboards for media activism : opportunities, resources, strategies and allies -- 9. Movement formation and counterhegemony in a global city -- 10. Identity, vision, strategies : media democratization as counterhegemony -- 11. Conclusion : media activism as movement-nexus?
Review: "Hackett and Carroll's approach is innovative in its attention to an emerging social movement that appears at the cutting edge of cultural and political contention. The book is grounded in three scholarly traditions that provide interpretive resources for a study of democratic media activism: political theories of democracy, critical media scholarship and the sociology of social movements. By synthesizing insights from these sources they provide a unique and timely reading of the contemporary struggle to democratize communication."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : beyond the media's democratic deficit? -- 2. What is at stake? : power and the media field -- 3. Democratizing society : social movements and public communication -- 4. Visions and divisions : normative commitments of media democratization -- 5. The long revolution and the media alliance -- 6. Campaigning for press and broadcasting freedom in the UK -- 7. Challenges for media activism : obstacles and opponents -- 8. Springboards for media activism : opportunities, resources, strategies and allies -- 9. Movement formation and counterhegemony in a global city -- 10. Identity, vision, strategies : media democratization as counterhegemony -- 11. Conclusion : media activism as movement-nexus?

"Hackett and Carroll's approach is innovative in its attention to an emerging social movement that appears at the cutting edge of cultural and political contention. The book is grounded in three scholarly traditions that provide interpretive resources for a study of democratic media activism: political theories of democracy, critical media scholarship and the sociology of social movements. By synthesizing insights from these sources they provide a unique and timely reading of the contemporary struggle to democratize communication."--BOOK JACKET.

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