Contents List of illustrations viii List of contributors ix Foreword James Curran xix 1 Introduction Tony Dowmunt (with Kate Coyer) 1 Part I Where alternative media came from 13 2 Mysteries of the black box unbound: an alternative history of radio Kate Coyer 15 3 Alternative film, video and television 1965-2005 Alan Fountain 29 4 The alternative press Angela Phillips 47 5 A brief history: the Web and interactive media Chris Atton 59 Part II What's happening now 67 6 Radical journalism 69 6.1Alternative media in practice Chris Atton71 6.2Indymedia and the politics of participation: reporting the G8 in Scotland, 2005 'Sam and Annie'78 6.3SchNEWS at ten 88 7 Experimental forms 91 7.1Alternative visions of television David Garcia and Lennaart Van Oldenborgh 93 7.2ambientTV.net Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel 105 7.3Zines Katie Haegele108 8 Access to broadcasting 111 8.1Access to broadcasting: radio Kate Coyer112 8.1.2 Community radio: milango for lives Charlotte Hill O'Neal 123 8.2Access to broadcasting: TV Tony Dowmunt125 8.3Video Nation and Digital Storytelling: a BBC/public partnership in content creation Mandy Rose127 8.4Manhattan Neighborhood Network: challenging monocrop monotony Martin Lucas137 9 Mainstream or alternative media? 141 9.1Getting alternative messages in mainstream media Natalie Fenton 143 9.2Communication of the oppressed: alternative media and their political impact in contemporary Latin America Joao Alexandre Peschanski 154 10 Culture jamming 163 10.1 Stop signs: an introduction to culture jamming Graham Meikle166 10.2 Culture jamming the video game way Sue Scheibler179 11 New(er) technologies 186 11.1 Copyright: the politics of owning culture Gregor Claude188 11.2 A2T: bridging the digital divide Adrian Hadzi194 12 Alternative media in development 206 12.1 Alternative and participatory media in developing countries James Deane 206 12.2 Mgwirzano: a case study from Malawi SuBraden 212 13 Distribution and audiences 224 13.1 The power and the passion: community radio in Australia Michael Meadows, Susan Forde, Jacqui Ewart and Kerrie Foxwell 226 13.2 Lux Julia Knight 228 14 Student media 232 14.1 Student radio Salvatore Scifo 233 14.2 Student press Salvatore Scifo 236 15 Media activism 238 15.1 The global movement to transfo m communications Dorothy Kidd 239 15.2 Media reform activism in the US: the movement against consolidation of media ownership Pete Tridish and Kate Coyer 248 15.3 Media activist initiatives Simon Blanchard 251 Part III Doing it yourself 257 16 DIY media-making resources 259 16.1 Getting started259 16.2 Training and skills263 16.3 Doing it267 16.3.1 Radio production267 16.3.2 Interviewing for radio Aaron Sarver 270 16.3.3 Starting a community radio station Pete Tridish 273 16.3.4 Podcasting Andrew Dubber 276 16.3.5 Video/TV/film production279 16.3.6 Creating websites Owen Mundy 284 16.3.7 Blogging Andrew Dubber 287 16.3.8 Print publishing Jen Angel 290 16.3.9 Zines Joe Biel 297 16.3.10 Culture jamming301 17 Funding and finance 306 17.1 Successful fundraising in the UK Mark Dunford 309 17.2 A place where money grows on trees? Kate Coyer 315 18 'We are the network..' 319 Resources 321 Bibliography 329 Index 341