Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I : Theorizing alternative media - Four approaches to alternative media - An introductory case study - Radio Favela: Representing alternative media

Part II : The case studies - Community approaches in Western radio policies - Diasporas and alternative media practices - Blogs in the second Iraqi war: Alternative media challenging the mainstream? - Ethnic-religious groups and alternative journalism - Online participation and the Public Sphere: Civil society mailinglists and forums - The Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Movement : Identity, action, and communication - Translocalization, glocalization and the internet: The RadioSwap-project - Jamming the political: reverse-engineering, hacking the dominant codes

Conclusion