Community Media.

Community Media

Ellie Rennie

The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

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Written by Ellie Rennie (research fellow at the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology), Community Media: A Global Introduction is a guide to community media theory, revealing how local media can challenge the mainstream and encourage communities to engage in greater participation and social change. A highly scholarly book drawing upon worldwide examples of digital broadcasting, community broadcasting (both legitimate and pirated), the interplay between community and network society, and much more. Community Media is a lynchpin to better understanding improved societal communications in the twenty-first century, and is a welcome addition to college library sociology shelves and media studies reference texts.