Four challenges in the field of alternative, radical and citizens’ media research

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dc.contributor.authorClemencia Rodríguez
dc.contributor.authorBenjamin Ferron
dc.contributor.authorKristin Shamas
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:52:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:33:35Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:52:59Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:33:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-03-01
dc.description.abstractIn January 1994 the Zapatista movement in southern Mexico inaugurated a new era of media use for dissent. Since that time, an array of dissenting collectives and individuals have appropriated media technologies in order to make their voices heard or to articulate alternative identities. From Zapatista media to the Arab Spring, social movements throughout the world are taking over, hybridizing, recycling, and adapting media technologies. This new era poses a new set of challenges for academics and researchers in the field of Communication for Social Change (CfSC). Based on examples from Mexico, Lebanon, and Colombia, this article highlights and discusses four such research challenges: accounting for historical context; acknowledging the complexity of communication processes; anchoring analysis in a political economy of information and communication technologies; and positioning new research in relation to existing knowledge and literature within the field of communication and social change.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationRodríguez, C., Ferron, B., & Shamas, K. (2014). Four challenges in the field of alternative, radical and citizens’ media research. Media, Culture & Society, 36(2), 150-166. doi: 10.1177/0163443714523877en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0163443714523877en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25006
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMedia, Culture & Society
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectalternative mediaen_US
dc.subjectColombiaen_US
dc.subjectcommunity mediaen_US
dc.subjectEgypten_US
dc.subjectIsrael-Palestineen_US
dc.subjectLebanonen_US
dc.subjectMexicoen_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectsocial movementsen_US
dc.subjectsocial networksen_US
dc.titleFour challenges in the field of alternative, radical and citizens’ media researchen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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