The ‘Indymedia’ experiment: The Internet as movement facilitator against institutional control (Journal Article)

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Marc Garcelon
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
12(1) 55-82
Topic(s) of work:
Media Reform Movement

Abstract

This article examines the creation and growth of the Indymedia network via interviews with key figures across three continents who helped to create the network.  The author compares Indymedia to other organizations opposed to corporate capitalism and places the network within the broader context of social movements and their strategies for utilizing available communications channels.

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