Media, Margins and Civic Agency [electronic resource] /
Savigny, Heather.editor.
Thorsen, Einar.editor.
Jackson, Daniel.editor.
Alexander, Jenny.editor.
This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Citizen Voices""; ""1 Alternative Voices, Alternative Spaces: Counterhegemonic Discourse in the Blogosphere""; ""2 Unlocking the Gate? How NGOs Mediate the Voices of the Marginalised in a Social Media Context""; ""3 ?I Wouldn?t Be a Victim When It Comes to Being Heard?: Citizen Journalism and Civic Inclusion""; ""4 The Voices of Extremist Violence: What Can We Hear?""; ""Part II: Mediating Margins""; ""5 European Media Policy: Why Margins Actually Matter""
""6 The Rise of ?Creative Diversity? in Media Policy""""7 Victims at the Margins? A Comparative Analysis of the Use of Primary Sources in Reporting Personal Tragedy in Norway and the UK""; ""8 Public Service from the Margins: A Case Study of Diasporic Media in the UK""; ""9 Space and the Migrant Camps of Calais: Space-Making at the Margins""; ""Part III: Protests and Power""; ""10 Visibility of Protest at the Margins: The Thatcher Funeral Protests""; ""11 ?Pay Your Tax!? How Tax Avoidance Became a Prominent Issue in the Public Sphere in the UK""
""12 UGC in the Newsroom: How BBC Journalists? Engagement with Internet Activists Has Altered Newsroom Practices""""13 Police, Protester, Public: Unsettling Binaries in the Public Sphere""; ""Afterword""; ""Index""
Includes index.
This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do empower or dis-empower citizens at the margins that is, how they act as vehicles of, or obstacles to, civic agency and social change.
Communication.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Children's literature.
Social sciences.
Media and Communication.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Children's Literature.
Social Sciences, general.