Alternative journalism in Russia: the origin, development and current state

This article is devoted to alternative media in Russia, in particular to those that can be attributed to the so—called «Critical Media», representing completely different information and opinions, adding variety to the invisible struggle between publications that hold a pro—state, anti—state and neutral position. The emergence of such media in Russia, development during the Soviet Union, as well as their state at this point in time. In the article, we will look at how this direction developed, talk about the most prominent representatives and their projects.

FRONTLINE: The nexus of political documentary and alternative journalism

This article is a critical commentary of how political documentary embodies the traits and functions of alternative journalism. I explore this notion through Obrero (‘worker’) my independent documentary project about the labour migration of Filipino workers to Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, after the earthquake in 2011. This article maps out the points at where the theories and practices of alternative media and documentary intersect. Analysing political documentary as a format of alternative journalism has links to the long tradition of film and video production as a tool for social critique. As a form of practice-based research, Obrero falls under the rubric of alternative journalism—able to represent the politically marginal sectors of the polity and report on issues underreported in the mainstream press. This article concludes that a distribution plan that is responsive to fragmenting audiences works best when alternative journalism no longer targets a niche but transborder audiences.

At the Intersection of Mainstream & Alternative Media: Spygate & the Hannity Rant

The following paper explores the establishment of credibility by two forms of alternative media: (1) a traditional alternative media site, and (2) an alternative media program embedded within a mainstream channel. We engaged in a qualitative content analysis of the program Declassified produced by Epoch Times and circulated via YouTube, and the program Hannity broadcast by Fox News. In particular, we focused on the claims made by the hosts, and the sources that they provided in their reports. We found that the host of the former worked to overcome an alternative journalism credibility gap by engaging in mainstream news mimicry, while the host of the latter largely relied on the credibility that came from being embedded in a mainstream channel. Overall, these findings hold important implications for the construction of credibility through alternative media channels that are increasingly influencing mainstream political discourse.

Hacktivism and Alternative Journalism

The article deals with the creation of a hacktivist channel in France in 2013. The channel pretends to evaluate the information and invite critical guests that are not considered in traditional media. The aim of the article is to study how this channel presents the guests and the topics to see if there is a journalistic innovation. By using the tools of critical discourse analysis and conversational analysis, it is possible to describe the way the guests are presented and connected to the topic promoted by the article. The scenography is also worth being described as the guests have long interviews with a hidden journalist without any montage. In reality, the technique is all the more interesting as it allows the guest to correct his/her reputation. The development of a prior ethos to a discursive ethos is important as the channel can take an advantage of its original position in the sphere of media. Last but not least, the focus on those techniques helps to see if this kind of critical media is a new form of alternative journalism.

Keberlangsungan Good News From IndonesiaSebagai Pelaku Jurnalisme Alternatif

Makalah ini membahas keberlanjutan Good News From Indonesia (GNFI) sebagai Praktik Jurnalisme Alternatif. Penelitian menggunakan metodologi kualitatif dengan pendekatan konstruktivisme dalam bentuk Studi Kasus Robert K. Yin. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa GNFI tidak bertahan sebagai praktisi jurnalisme alternatif, meskipun kondisi ini membuat GNFI menjadi media yang lebih baik, namun lebih baik menjadi media arus utama. Praktik kurasi yang dilakukan GNFI berbeda dengan konsep jurnalisme kurasi. Business Model Canvas menunjukkan bahwa ada banyak faktor yang menjadikan GNFI sebagai media yang berkelanjutan, misalnya: pendapatan independen, visi dan misi yang jelas, dan penggunaan media sosial. Konsep Chriss Atton tentang Alternative Journalism adalah fase yang dapat digunakan sebagai tonggak bagi media pemula untuk menjadi media arus utama dan mengubah tren media. Dari sudut pandang hukum, peraturan pers tidak dapat mengakomodasi media online dan praktisi kurasi seperti GNFI.