Media and social justice

Media and social justice - New York Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - viii,275p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Part I: Frameworks -- Global justice and global media / Video activism as a way of life / Media and democracy / new vision for public media / Part II: Collaborations -- Sustaining collaboration / Detours through youth-driven media / Part III: Power struggles -- Feminism and social justice / Defending dissent / Software freedom as social justice / Watching back: surveillance as activism / From psychological warfare to justice / Sue Curry Jansen -- Cees J. Hamelink -- DeeDee Halleck, Lora Taub-Pervizpour -- Nick Couldry -- Jessica Clark, Patricia Aufderheide -- Charlotte Ryan, William Gamson -- Lora Taub-Pervizpour, Eirinn Disbrow -- ¡Adelante!: advancing social justice through Latina/o community media / Mari Castañeda -- Margaret Gallagher -- Brian Martin -- John L. Sullivan -- Christina Dunbar-Hester -- Jefferson Pooley -- Media democracy in action: truth democracy and the Progressive Media Reform Movement / Mickey Huff, Peter Phillips. A

"This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Topics addressed include but are not limited to international media activist projects such as the Right to Communication movement and its corollaries; the importance of listening and enacting policies that advance democratic media; regional and local media justice projects; explorations of the challenges the era of participatory media pose to public media; youth and minority media projects and activism; ethical dilemmas posed by attempts to democratize access to media tools; the continued marginalization of feminist perspectives in international policy venues; software freedom and intellectual property rights; video activism in both historical and contemporary contexts; internet strategies for defending dissenting voices; and five accounts by prominent scholar/activists of their lifelong struggles for media justice. "--Provided by publisher.

9780230108639

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Mass media--Political aspects.
Social justice.

P95.8 / .M386 2011

302.23 / ME-

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