alternative media 9/1/10 political and cultural dissent -downing's book : 1980s introduced the term to the academy radical alternative media considers media outside movements -rodriguez, 2001 radical democratic theory cultural perspective how do this result as a kind of politics? what is the meaning of resistance? social change?? >> it is better organized or disorganized? what are the dimensions that are alternative paricipation in the construction of culture, identities, social representations people abilities to alter culture weaknesses >>> empowerment? doesnt suggest a way to evaluate the empower relationship >> assumes everytime you represent yourself you are being empower -atton communication as process >> how it is produce what does have radical potential very open position heterogeneous form and content big focus on processs anarchist overstressing process over content overly view o empowerment how do we distinguish among different messages? diferent practices? what are the levels of empowerment? how empowerment are they really? what kind of power? unclear about the radical potential. power relationships >> recognize them in order to organize retationships between media, power and culture writing about participatory culture empowerment? democracy? power in the name of what? what are the terms of participation? participating of what? **************************************** 9/15/10 music and alternative media what makes certain musical forms alternative? how does alternative music negotiate tensions being oppositional? how does it help to understand alternative media? distinction between alternative and oppositional what is alternative? -goshert : very strict about anarchism and forms of music production , romanticist -hesmoldhagh : highlights the contradictions -wall how do you associete alternativeness with popularity ? nostalgia cooptation >> how things change if they become mainstream issues of working in alternative production >> setting up alternative relationships >>> networkings assumptions about alternativeness >>> alternative media outside the US >>> usually is the state media, public media