Insurgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader Rob Chris
Insurgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader Rob Chris In the 1940s, it was 16 mm film. Today, it is cell phones and social media. In the 1980s, it was handheld video cameras. Chris Rob…
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Insurgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader Rob Chris
In the 1940s, it was 16 mm film. Today, it is cell phones and social media. In the 1980s, it was handheld video cameras.
Chris Rob and Stephen Charbonneau's edited collection uses the term "insUrgent media" to highlight the ways grassroots media activists challenged and are challenging hegemonic norms like colonialism, patriarchy, imperialism, classism, and heteronormativity. Activists have always found ways to use the media du jour for quick and widespread distribution.InsUrgent Media from the Front takes a look at activist media practices in the 21st century and sheds light on what it means to enact change using different media of the past and present. Additionally, the term is used to convey the sense of urgency that defines media activism.
Unlike slower traditional media, activist media has historically sacrificed aesthetics for immediacy. Consequently, this "run