The alternative media handbook

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Foreword

1. Introduction

Part I. Where alternative media came from

2. Mysteries of the black box unbound: an alternative history of radio

3. Alternative film, video and television 1965-2005

4. The alternative press

5. A brief history: the Web and interactive media

Part II. What's happening now

6. Radical journalism

6.1. Alternative media in practice

6.2. Indymedia and the politics of participation: reporting the G8 in Scotland, 2005 'Sam and Annie'

6.3. SchNEWS at ten

7. Experimental forms

7.1. Alternative visions of television

7.2. ambientTV.net

7.3. Zines

8. Access to broadcasting

8.1. Access to broadcasting: radio

8.1.2. Community radio: milango for lives

8.2. Access to broadcasting: TV

8.3. Video Nation and Digital Storytelling: a BBC/public partnership in content creation

8.4. Manhattan Neighborhood Network: challenging monocrop monotony

9. Mainstream or alternative media?

9.1. Getting alternative messages in mainstream media

9.2. Communication of the oppressed: alternative media and their political impact in contemporary Latin America

10. Culture jamming

10.1. Stop signs: an introduction to culture jamming

10.2. Culture jamming the video game way

11. New(er) technologies

11.1. Copyright: the politics of owning culture

11.2. A2T: bridging the digital divide

12. Alternative media in development

12.1. Alternative and participatory media in developing countries

12.2. Mgwirzano: a case study from Malawi

13. Distribution and audiences

13.1. The power and the passion: community radio in Australia

13.2. Lux

14. Student media

14.1. Student radio

14.2. Student press

15. Media activism

15.1. The global movement to transform communications

15.2. Media reform activism in the US: the movement against consolidation of media ownership

15.3. Media activist initiatives

Part III. Doing it yourself

16. DIY media-making resources

16.1. Getting started

16.2. Training and skills

16.3. Doing it

16.3.1. Radio production

16.3.2. Interviewing for radio

16.3.3. Starting a community radio station

16.3.4. Podcasting

16.3.5. Video/TV/film production

16.3.6. Creating websites

16.3.7. Blogging

16.3.8. Print publishing

16.3.9. Zines

16.3.10. Culture jamming

17. Funding and finance

17.1. Successful fundraising in the UK

17.2. A place where money grows on trees?

18. 'We are the network...'

Resources

Bibliography

Index