Alternative media and social justice movements: The development of a resistance performance paradigm of audience analysis

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-88

  Atkinson, Joshua ^a   Dougherty, Debbie S ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative Media; Protest; Resistance Performance Paradigm; Social Justice Movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645089449     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310500506953     Document Type: Review

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