Description: This concise text will help readers understand the ongoing fascination with do-it-yourself media around the world. Ellie Rennie explains how community media has, since its beginning, challenged the mainstream. A clear and useful guide for students, Community Media lays out the...
Brief description: Ellie Rennie is an associate professor and principle research fellow in media and communication at Swinburne University of Technology. She gained her PhD from Queensland University of Technology.
Review Quotes: This highly readable book on community media provides a welcome fusion of theory and practice. Illustrations of grassroots initiatives from around the world are blended together in a manner highlighting the diversity and commonality of community media. Rennie's study will be of value for a wide range of readers-students, scholars, station volunteers, and social activists-concerned with the meaning and possibilities of this form of mediated communication.