Alternative media resource guide

Radical Teacher, Spring, 2008 by Pepi Leistyna

* McLuhan for Beginners. W. Terrence Gordon.

* Introducing Semiotics. Paul Cobley and Litza Jansz.

* Introducing Baudrillard. Chris Horrocks and Zoran Jevtic.

* Representation." Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. (Ed.) Stuart Hall.

* Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture." Theories and Methods. John Storey.

* Media Semiotics." An Introduction. Jonathan Bignell.

* We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy. (Ed.) Julie Winokur.

* Of Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things." An Introduction to Semiotics. Marcel Danesi.

* Networks of Power." Corporate TV's Threat to Democracy. Dennis W. Mazzocco.

* Prime Time Activism." Media Strategies for Grassroots Organizing. Charlotte Ryan.

* Jamming the Media: A Citizen's Guide, Reclaiming the Tools of Communication. Gareth Branwyn.

* Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy. Silvio Waisbord.

* Micro Radio and Democracy--(Low) Power to the People. Greg Ruggerio.

* The Habits of a Highly Deceptive Media: Decoding Spin and Lies in Mainstream News. Norman Solomon.

* Making the News." A Guide for Nonprofits and Activists. Jason Saltman.

* Notes from the Underground." Zincs and the Politics of Alternative Culture. Stephen Duncombe.

* Culture Jam: The Uncooling of America. Kalle Lasn.

* It's the Media Stupid. John Nichols and Robert McChesney.

* Cyberspace: First Steps. (Ed.) Michael Benedikt.

* Seven Deadly Spins." Exposing the Lies Behind War Propaganda. Mickey Z.

* Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduction. (Eds.) John Downing, Ali Mohammad and Sreberny Mohammad.

* How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic. Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart.

* Flaunting It." A Decade of Gay Journalism from "The Body Politic". (Eds.) Ed Jackson and Stan Persky.

* Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty. Alex Carey.

* Manufacturing Consent. Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.

* The Cinema of Apartheid." Race and Class in South African Film. Keyan Tomaselli.

* Cracked Coverage." Television News, the Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy. Jimmie L. Reeves and Richard Campbell.

* PR: A Social History of Spin. Stuart Ewen.

* Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age. Alberto Melucci.

* Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman. Paul du Gay, Stuart Hall, Linda Janes, Hugh Mackay and Keith Negus.

* Real Majority, Media Minority." The Costs of Sidelining Women in Reporting. Laura Flanders.

* Wizards of Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News. Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen.

* Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture. Jack G. Shaheen.

* Media and Cultural Regulation. (Ed.) Kenneth Thompson.

* Consumer Boycotts." Effecting Change through the Marketplace and the Media. Monroe Friedman.

* Rich Media, Poor Democracy." Communication Politics in Dubious Times. Robert McChesney.

* All Things Censored. Mumia Abu-Jamal. (Ed.) Noelle Hanrahan.

* Megamedia." How Giant Corporations Dominate Mass Media, Distort Competition, and Endanger Democracy. Dean Alger.