Saying that the internet has revolutionized the ways in which information is produced, shared and consumed is an understatement. The internet is argued by many scholars and academics (Kenix, 2011; Atton & Hamilton, 2008; Burke, 2006), as one of the key factors in the shift in the media organizations. In their book Alternative Journalism, Atton  more »

  With ICTs (information and communication technologies), such as the Internet, becoming more prevalent and necessary in our world today, the consequence is inevitably a gap between what scholars have called  “havs” and the “havnots”. In the chapter The Digital Reproduction of Inequality, from the book “Social Stratification”, the author Eszter Hargittai argues that this  more »

Dissident Voice, also known as DV, is an internet newsletter that devotes his time to challenging the perceptions on that mainstream media holds over the more prominent and “privileged class it serves.” (http://dissidentvoice.org/about/). It tackles issues dealing with culture and politics; however its main goal is to address issues of social justice and struggles for  more »

Four cars travel down the highway, a red one, a blue one, a green one, and a white one. Each car is travelling at about the same speed, heading in the same direction. The green car gets pulled over and the driver is told the maximum speed she is allowed to travel is 50 km/hr,  more »

Rinf.com is an alternative media site that prides itself on activism in response to governmental, corporate, and media controls, misrepresentation, and lies. RINF uses various platforms for informing people about their news including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google +, and RSS feeds which are all accessible through the website. Breaking news and free videos are available  more »

Alternative Media has served as a platform for change for many social movements across the globe. Recently we have seen the ‘Idle No More’ movement depicted throughout numerous alternative media outlets as well as mainstream media. The continuation of the movement can be attributed largely in part to alternative media and its ability to mobilize  more »

Highlighting Social Movements in Alt. Media Sources: In order to advance the ideas presented by a particular social movement, the respective organizers must develop a strong dependency on media sources to disseminate their platform to the public. This relationship between social movements and the media can best be described as a “competitive symbiosis”1, where social  more »

Ms. was the first national magazine to make feminist voices audible, feminist journalism tenable, and a feminist worldview available to the public. – Ms. Magazine Ms. is a pioneer in feminist news media. It was the first U.S. periodical to demand the repeal of laws that criminalized abortion, the first to rate U.S. presidential candidates  more »

Rense.com is the self-proclaimed best alternative news source in the United States. I happened to stumble upon Rense.com through a list of various alternative new sources, the list identifying Rense as the favourite – I was intrigued. The site is owned and operated by Jeff Rense, an American conspiracy theorist who is not shy to  more »

Today every corner of the digital universe has its own interest group, people from different nations  and backgrounds are able to express their opinions on one universal platform. The global internet, then, is creating the base for international dialogues on latest issues, evolving to exhibit new dynamics in civic engagement and social movement. With the Web 2.0  more »