The Politics of Media Scarcity

This book questions the predominance of "media abundance" as a guiding concept for contemporary mediated politics.

Autorentext

Greg Elmer is Professor and Bell Media Research Chair in the School of Professional Communication at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

Stephen J. Neville is a PhD candidate in the Communication and Culture program at York University and Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

Klappentext

This book questions the predominance of "media abundance" as a guiding concept for contemporary mediated politics.

Zusammenfassung
This book questions the predominance of media abundance as a guiding concept for contemporary mediated politics.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Limits of Abundant Media

2. Media Scarcity in Apartheid South Africa

3. Retracking Incarceration: Cheryl L'Hirondelle's Ceremonial Infrastructure

4. Restaging the Soviet Secret City: The Good Life, the Toxic Life

5. Bunker media: Messages from the abundant and redundant underground

6. Conclusion: Future Politics of Media Scarcity