Creating Publics Democratising Knowledge. The democratic potential of media activism lies in its ability to facilitate autonomous knowledge production among subaltern groups. Only a plural, multi-scalar global public sphere offers real prospects for the global democratisation of knowledge. Drawing on case studies from transnational alternative media networks to efforts by marginalised communities to connect place-based publics to global struggles this book analyses the significance of new forms of activism that take media and communication as their central focus.Through an in-depth and engaging ethnographic study of media
| ISBN: | 9780815387305 |
| Publication date: | 31st January 2020 |
| Author: | HILDE STEPHANSEN |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis an imprint of TAYLOR & FRANCIS |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 221 pages |
| Series: | RETHINKING GLOBALIZATIONS |
| Genres: |
Politics and government |