1st Edition

Radical Journalism Resurgence, Reform, Reaction

Edited By Seamus Farrell, Eugenia Siapera, George Souvlis Copyright 2023
166 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

166 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume offers a state-of-the-art synthesis of the historical role of radical journalism, its present iterations, and plans for the future of a journalism that is committed to liberatory movements and politics. At a time of profound crisis and stagnation for mainstream journalism, radical journalism seems to be riding a wave. New outlets, including those – like Jacobin – with a... Read more

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Radical Journalism at the Crossroads

Eugenia Siapera, Seamus Farrell and George Souvlis

Chapter 2: From the Communist Manifesto to Jacobin Magazine: Towards a Historical Sociology of Radical Journalism

George Souvlis

Chapter 3: Riots as Politics: Socio-Political Context, Demands, and Media Translation – The Case of 1890s Kristiania

Tiago Matos

Chapter 4: Radical Media in the Anglosphere

Seamus Farrell

Chapter 5: Radical Journalism à la française: Between Differentiation and Stigma

Laurent Thiong-Kay and Nikos Smyrnaios

Chapter 6: The Case of ERT and the Prospect of Radical Media in the Era of Austerity

Christos Avramidis and Alexandros Minotakis

Chapter 7: Left-Wing Public Spheres in Post-Soviet Contexts

Yiannis Mylonas

Chapter 8: Radical Data Journalism

Sandra Jeppesen

Chapter 9: The Challenge of Far-Right Media

Eugenia Siapera

Index

Biography

Seamus Farrell holds a Ph.D. from Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland, on the topic of ‘A Political Economy of Radical Media’. In addition to research on radical media and politics, Seamus is interested in critical perspectives on Irish development, having worked on the Repast: Conflict in Europe Project.

Eugenia Siapera is Professor and Head of the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. She is the Director of the UCD Centre for Digital Policy.

George Souvlis is Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of History & Archaeology at the University of Ioannina, Greece, and a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Crete, Greece. He is the Co-director of the Seminar Series Politics of Liberation.