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Alternative Media Theory and Journalism Practice.

Book
Atton, C. (2007)
Alternative Media Theory and Journalism Practice. In M. Boler (Ed.), Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times, 213-227. MIT Press

An alternative internet: radical media, politics and creativity.

Book
Atton, C. (2003)
An alternative internet: radical media, politics and creativity. Edinburgh University Press

The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s

Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999)
The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s. New Library World, 100(1), (24-29). doi:10.1108/03074809910248564. ISSN 0307-4803
This article introduces the infoshop movement, a network of independent information centres run by political activists throughout Europe and the USA. The article defines and d...

The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections.

Journal Article
Atton, C. (1997)
The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections. Collection Building. 17, 154-158. doi:10.1108/01604959810238293. ISSN 0160-4953
Argues that the hybrid nature of collection development (electronic and print) requires a corresponding hybridised system of collection exploitation. Proposes a model for the ...

Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression

Journal Article
Atton, C. (1995)
Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression. New Library World, 96(5), (5-9). doi:10.1108/03074809510147191. ISSN 0307-4803
Considers two limits on freedom of expression in electronic media: the regulation of the Internet and electronic copyright. Examines these in two case studies, one on the stat...

Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education

Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994)
Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 20(5-6), 310-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333%2894%2990069-8
Critical thinking exercises incorporated into an undergraduate course of bibliographic instruction encourage students to analyze and evaluate information and retrieval methods...