Beyond the Echo Chamber tells one of the great untold stories of this decade: the evolution of an entirely new (and newly powerful) progressive media. . . . It’s a must read for media practitioners, consumers, and progressives of all stripes.
[This book] takes us beyond the usual ideas about political media, message, and movement building . . . empowering people to break out of conventional wisdom about politics and media and really start making their own change.
An inspiring inside guide—as current as this morning’s blog post—to progressive media successes in the Net era: exposing corruption, slaying politicians, activating communities, moving Congress, turning elections.
Beyond the Echo Chamber
Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media
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$19.95
In less than a decade, a new breed of networked progressive media—from Brave New Films to Talking Points Memo to Feministing and beyond—have informed and engaged millions. By harnessing a participatory media environment, they have succeeded in influencing political campaigns, public debates, and policymaking at unprecedented levels. In Beyond the Echo Chamber, media experts Jessica Clark and Tracy Van Slyke tell the story of the recent rise of progressive media and lay out a clear, hard-hitting theory of ongoing impact. A vital strategic guide based on years of research and extensive interviews with key media players and new media experts, Beyond the Echo Chamber will change the national conversation about progressive media and the future of journalism itself. For progressive journalists, bloggers, producers, activists, readers, and policymakers committed to change, here is a first-ever roadmap to victory.
Jessica Clark directs the Future of Public Media Project at American University’s Center for Social Media and is the former executive editor of In These Times. She lives in Philadelphia. Tracy Van Slyke is currently the program director of the Media Consortium and is the former publisher of In These Times. Her twitter is @tracyvs. She lives in Chicago. The two are co-authors of the progressive media blog Beyond the Echo (beyondtheecho.net)
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5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 240 pages
978-1-59558-471-7
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