The Internet, Politics, and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil

Peripheral Media

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The Internet, Politics, and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil

Peripheral Media

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The Internet, Politics, and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil: Peripheral Media offers a new understanding of the digital media produced from the favelas, urban occupations, and in the countryside of Brazil, focusing on the discourse of this broad periphery in the late 2010s. After a decade of political stabilization and economic growth, the contemporary periphery has the ability to employ digital media to politicize old demands for social justice and better public services, and to denaturalize inequality overall. The Internet, Politics, and Inequality in Contemporary Brazil presents interviews conducted with producers acting in the cities’ outskirts, in favelas, and in the countryside, showing how a myriad of websites and social media pages can launch specific challenges against hegemonic mass media outlets, the state, and society. A vast body of research reveals producers’ strategies to garner publicity for marginalized neighborhoods and individuals, providing an essential background for scholars of Latin American studies, journalism, and communication.

Table of Contents

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

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Published Oct 15 2018
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 242
ISBN 9781498585132
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 2 BW Illustrations, 5 BW Photos, 4 Tables
Dimensions 227 x 162 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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