Screen LibraryMedia Resistance : Protest, Dislike, Abstention /
Trine Syvertsen takes us on a historical journey through the underexplored history of how people and societies have been resisting media, from protesting and criticizing to outright rejecting them. The book is well-researched, insightful and, most of all, refreshing as it inspires readers to look an...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46499-2 |
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Trine Syvertsen takes us on a historical journey through the underexplored history of how people and societies have been resisting media, from protesting and criticizing to outright rejecting them. The book is well-researched, insightful and, most of all, refreshing as it inspires readers to look and think beyond the more obvious and well-trodden paths when studying media. - Hilde Van den Bulck, Prof. Of Communication Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium This book is about those who dislike, protest, and try to abstain from media, both new and old. It explains why media resistance persist |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(VII,119pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319464992 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Index Number: | P87 |
| CLC: | G206.3-05 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Media resistance: Connecting the dots.- Chapter 2. Resistance to early mass media.- Chapter 3. Evil media in Dystopian Fiction.- Chapter 4. Get a life! Anti-television agitation and activism.- Chapter 5. Caught in the net : Disappointment, detox and self-help -- Chapter 6. What if resisters were right? Media resistance goes to the movies.- Chapter 7. Conclusion: The persistence of media resistance -- Bibliography -- Index. |