Far-right media on the internet: culture, discourse and power
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2006)
Far-right media on the internet: culture, discourse and power. New Media and Society, 8(4), 573-587. doi:10.1177/1461444806065653
This study examines the discourse of the British National Party’s (BNP) website. It explores the site as a form of alternative media, focusing on how it involves members and s...
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...
Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection.
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994)
Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. Library Review, 43(4), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410063605
There are thousands of small publishers, small presses and individuals in Britain
currently producing textbooks, monographs, novels, poetry, journals,
newspapers and other, no...
Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation.
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2015)
Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. In C. Atton (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media, (268-277). Routledge
Scotland is a small, stateless nation whose mainstream media and national cinema have generally been positioned by media scholars as constituting an alternative to the UK’s m...
Sourcing Routines and Representation in Alternative Journalism: a case study approach
Journal Article
Atton, C., & Wickenden, E. (2005)
Sourcing Routines and Representation in Alternative Journalism: a case study approach. Journalism Studies, 6(3), 347-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700500132008
This study is a first attempt to examine how the alternative media select, represent and deploy their news sources. The literature suggests that, in contrast to mainstream sou...