Helton Levy

Internet, Politics, and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil

Peripheral Media

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores digital media produced from the favelas, urban occupations, and in the countryside of Brazil. It looks as the ways that members of the marginalized social periphery are able to use new media to vocalize historical demands for social justice and better public services, and to denaturalize inequality overall.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781498585132
• ISBN-10: 1498585132
• Artikelnr.: 53684639

Autorenporträt

Helton Levy is a journalist and research associate at City, University of London and University College London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The
Periphery in the Context of Brazil Chapter 2. In the City Chapter 3. In the
Favelas Chapter 4. Challenging the Mainstream Media Chapter 5. Challenging
the State Conclusion. A New Form of Media Power: Inequality at the Centre
Afterword Appendix A. Notes on Methods Appendix B. Sampled Outlets and
Description Bibliography