{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-alternative-media-9781032636375","title":"The Political Economy of Alternative Media","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Political Economy of Alternative Media\u003c\/i\u003e provides in-depth insights into media practices used by grassroots projects to organize, produce, and distribute the media that supports and reports on social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is based on five years of participatory research with intersectional media activist projects. Mapping out the rich and varied textures of the political economy of media activist projects from small to large and from simple to complex, the book considers structures, funding models, media labour, and intersectional power, foregrounding the voices of global media activists. It reflects on the changes wrought by shifts to digital media ecologies and economies in the contemporary alternative new media space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Politics and Communication Studies interested in the political economy of media, social movements, digital media, alternative media, radical media, critical media, and alternative journalism. It will also appeal to media activists and journalists, providing a roadmap for crucial considerations when developing organizational structures in new \u003ca\u003eindependent media projects.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515562811735,"sku":"9781032636375","price":37.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-political-economy-of-alternative-media-9781032636375","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}