Challenging hegemonic media practices: Of ‘alternative’ media and Nigeria's democracy

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Media ◽  
Media Practices

scholarly journals Recap of Media Democracy Days 2015: Taking on the Federal Election

1969 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Ackerley ◽  
Sydney Ball
Keyword(s):  
Public Library ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Federal Election ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Future ◽  
Independent Media ◽  
Media Democracy ◽  
Media Practices

Over the 15 years since its inception Media Democracy Days (MDD) has provided a chance for the public to gather with members of Canadian independent media, journalists, and activists to discuss alternative media and the future of Canadian journalism. This year the MDD community came together with the goal of sharing what has been learned about alternative media practices in light of the recent federal election. MDD took place on November 7th at the Vancouver Public Library and was held in partnership with the SFU School of Communication, OpenMedia, Vancouver Public Library, and Fonds Graham Spry Fund.

Feminist (and/as) Alternative Media Practices in Women’s Underground Comix in the 1970s

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-37
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Olsza
Keyword(s):  
Golden Age ◽  
Assembly Line ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Independent Publishing ◽  
Line Processes ◽  
Social Message ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Second Wave

The American underground comix scene in general, and women’s comix that flourished as a part of that scene in the 1970s in particular, grew out of and in response to the mainstream American comics scene, which, from its “Golden Age” to the 1970s, had been ruled and construed in accordance with commercial business practices and “assembly-line” processes. This article discusses underground comix created by women in the 1970s in the wider context of alternative and second-wave feminist media practices. I explain how women’s comix used “activist aesthetics” and parodic poetics, combining a radical political and social message with independent publishing and distributive networks.

Too Crowded for Crowdsourced Journalism: Reddit, Portability, and Citizen Participation in the Syrian Crisis

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott S.D. Mitchell ◽  
Merlyna Lim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Grand Public ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Background This article explores the complexity of citizen participation in social media and crowdsourced journalism by utilizing the case of r/SyrianCivilWar, the sub-community of Reddit where users discuss the Syrian crisis.Analysis  In examining the limitations and affordances of the platform, the article identifies features that characterize the r/SyrianCivilWar community, namely: algorithmic driven public discourse, deliberative communication, reflexivity and transparency, and database journalism. These features shape the functioning of the community and have broader implications for citizen crowdsourced journalism projects.Conclusion and implications  The article demonstrates that alternative media practices, such as crowdsourced journalism, are limited in their capacity to reach mainstream consciousness. In the commodified landscape of media, portability—a capacity for complex issues to be distilled into a simple or simplified concept—is made important.Contexte  Cet article explore la complexité de la participation citoyenne dans les médias sociaux et dans le journalisme financé collectivement en recourant au cas de r/SyrianCivilWar, communauté sur Reddit où l’on discute de la crise syrienne.Analyse  En examinant les limites et avantages de la plateforme, cet article identifie certaines caractéristiques de la communauté r/SyrianCivilWar, à savoir : un discours public basé sur des algorithmes, une communication délibérative, la réflexivité et la transparence, et un journalisme de données. Ces caractéristiques influencent le fonctionnement de la communauté et ont des implications plus larges pour les projets journalistiques financés collectivement par les citoyens.Conclusion et implications  Cet article démontre que les pratiques médiatiques alternatives, telles que le journalisme financé collectivement, sont limitées dans leur capacité à rejoindre le grand public. Le caractère commercialisé des médias traditionnels rend importante la portabilité, c’est-à-dire la possibilité de transformer des questions complexes en concepts simples ou simplifiés. 

scholarly journals Media practices in the Brazilian mobilizations of 2013

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Suzina
Keyword(s):  
Social Judgment ◽  
Alternative Media ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Practices

This article discusses how a series of national mobilizations in Brazil, in 2013, embedded a relevant debate around the social judgment regarding journalistic practices and a consequential “desire of reform” towards an “ideal journalism”. I will also discuss the assumption that community and alternative media help, on a regular basis, to develop journalism and improve democracy. The reflection is based on a two-step approach. The first step consists in the observation of the evolution of mainstream media covering during the protests, through the analysis of the front pages of the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. The second refers to the inclusion of claims related to media in the demonstrations and its roots in the struggles for media democratization in the country, and counts on interviews with 11 Brazilian media activists.

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