Forde, Susan.

Challenging the news : the journalism of alternative and community media / Susan Forde. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - xvii, 214 p. ; 23 cm.



Understanding alternative and independent journalism -- Defining moments in the history of alternative journalism -- Finding the basis for alternative and independent journalism -- Looking for answers: how alternative media journalists engage their audiences -- Connecting with democracy: The 'new' alternative media -- Throwing out the bathwater (but not the baby): objectivity, 'professionalism' and the economics of alternative journalism -- The global policy environment for alternative and community media forms -- Concluding thoughts: The nature of alternative journalism.

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Journalism--History--21st century.
Online journalism.
Citizen journalism.
Alternative mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.

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