Helps readers understand the fascination with do-it-yourself media. Useful for students, this guide lays out the difficult theoretical terrain that community media theory and advocacy has located itself in, including the ideals of participation, community, and social change.

This concise, well-written book will help readers understand the ongoing fascination with do-it-yourself media. Ellie Rennie explains how community media has, since its beginning, challenged the theoretical and industrial frameworks of the mainstream. A clear and useful guide for students, Community Media lays out the difficult theoretical terrain that community media theory and advocacy has located itself in, including the ideals of participation, community, and social change.