The Routledge Handbook of Alternative and Participatory Journalism

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List of contributors

Introduction: Extending global research on alternative and participatory journalism

Jennifer Rauch and Stephen Cushion

PART I: Production Principles and Practices

1 The evolution of alternative and participatory journalism in Latin America

Summer Harlow

2 Journalism of resistance: The role and the growing impact of Brazil’s independent media

Claudia Sarmento

3 Comparing alternative journalism: A cross-national perspective on alternative news production and content

Eva Mayerhöffer and Annett Heft

4 News production, content and style in populist alternative media

Ines Engelmann

5 The alternative media landscape in Taiwan

Brian Hioe and Adrian Rauchfleisch

6 The influence of state mediation on the professional roles and practices of alternative journalists in Southeast Asia

Shangyuan Wu

7 Changing journalism cultures and practices in hybrid regimes: Zimbabwe’s experiences with five different journalism cultures

Thulani Tshabangu

8 Conceptualizing alternative voices and practicing alternative journalism in a hybrid regime: The Bangladesh scenario

Ameena Islam

9. YouTube as alternative space for independent journalism in India

Kalyani Chadha and Prashanth Bhat

PART II: Participants, Audiences, and Communities

10 Participatory civic media: Engaging communities with civic information and events

Andrea Wenzel

11 Community radio stations in Guinea-Bissau as forms of alternative and participatory journalism

Susanna Salgado and Nuno Andrade Ferreira

12 The passionate audience: Affective investment, ideological fandom, and alternative journalism

Renee Barnes

13 Political passion as a catalyst for collective identity formulation and epistemic communities in alternative news spaces

Salla Tuomola

14 Alternative media audiences: Motivation, impact, methods, and media-political contexts

Miriam Kroman Brems, Tine Ustad Figenschou and Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk

15 How social media affordances connect alternative media and their audiences

Tilman Klawier

PART III: New Directions in Theory and Practice

16 Live streaming as alternative journalism: The case of political content creators on Twitch

Joshua D. Atkinson

17 Participatory comic interventions at the grassroots: FactShala Comics against India’s misinformation landscape

Neerja Vyas and Rohit Dey

18 The discursive fingerprint: A comparative mixed methods approach to analysing alternative news media

Yvette Linders and Margot Van Mulken

19. Alternative media and contentions about symbolic and material resources in the journalistic field

Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk and Tine Ustad Figenschou

20 Indigenous journalism in Brazil: Epistemologies of resistance and collective communication

Ykarunī Nawa and Gisele Souza Neuls

21 Religious values in alternative journalism practices of Indonesia

Fita Aini

22 Recent developments in the Canadian alternative media landscape in the early 21^st century

Lucie Laumonier and Amélie Daost-Boisvert

23 Swimming against the tide: Alternative journalism and journalism education

Tony Harcup

Index

Biography

Jennifer Rauch is professor of journalism and media studies at Linfield University in the U.S. Her research on alternative media, news audiences, public trust in journalism, media abstention, and independently published zines has been widely published. She is the author of Resisting the News: Engaged Audiences, Alternative Media & Popular Critique of Journalism and Slow Media: Why Slow is Satisfying, Sustainable & Smart. Before joining the academy, Rauch worked as a news writer, reporter, photographer, and editor.

Stephen Cushion is a professor at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, U.K.. His research focuses on political communication and journalism studies, particularly topics related to political reporting, impartiality, misinformation and alternative media. He has written and published widely on issues related to news, politics and journalism, supported by projects funded by UKRI council grants or commissioned by media organisations, such as Ofcom.

"A trove of research studies from across our planet, remarkable in their scope and quality. As authoritarian regimes currently ascend in power internationally, autonomous journalism movements and initiatives demand the careful, informative analyses provided here."

John D.H. Downing, editor, Sage Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media

"Rauch and Cushion have assembled cutting-edge research from an impressive array of top journalism experts. (...) This essential Handbook extends the global research agenda on alternative and participatory journalism by examining a wide range of media and political systems, audiences embedded in micro contexts, and new types of social media platforms. The book's incisive analyses and timely interventions provide an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners alike."

Victor Pickard, author, Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society

"This timely Handbook highlights key research on alternative and participatory journalism by notable academics, reflecting the diverse journalism practices that fundamentally shape voices around the world. This book is a rich resource for understanding the important role of alternative and participatory journalism in the Global South relating to historic accounts, contemporary practices and unique journalism cultures." 

Saba Bebawi, co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South and author of Investigative Journalism in the Arab World