Oppositional and activist new media: remediation, reconfiguration, participation

  • Authors:
  • Leah A. Lievrouw

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, Los Angeles, CA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the ninth conference on Participatory design: Expanding boundaries in design - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Over the last decade, the major firms and cultural institutions that have dominated media and information industries in the U.S. and globally have been challenged by people adopting new technologies to intervene and participate in mainstream media culture. In this paper key genres and features of oppositional and activist new media are described and cases are presented, and their implications for participatory design are briefly outlined.