Thursday 11 February 2010

ONLINE ASSIGNMENT: 1

PART I

In your groups of three, select your own example of 'media activism' (i.e. by an independent media company; a campaign; a movement; a piece of culture jamming; or an alternate example of your defining) and research how far that example of activism extends to the following:

Influence(s/d) media content and practices;

Advocate(s/d) for media policy/regulation reform;

Help(s/d) the evolution of an independent and participatory media;

Change(s/d) the relationship of audience and media; and/or

Use(s/d) the media to affect ideological changes in everyday contexts.

Meikle, Graham, 2002. Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet. London; New York: Routledge