TY - JOUR
T1 - Diverse roles of alternative media in Hong Kong civil society : from public discourse initiation to social activism
AU - YUNG, Betty
AU - LEUNG, Lisa Yuk-Ming
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This is an interdisciplinary article, integrating Political Science and Media Studies to examine the roles of alternative media (AM) in civil society. AM plays diverse, overlapping and interacting roles in civil society, namely (1) providing alternative information and to serve as (2) an alternative public sphere, (3) a platform for social activists and civil society organizations, (4) an initiator of public discourse and (5) an agent of civil society activism. This article explores the different roles such media plays by conducting a case study ofIn-media, an online AM in Hong Kong, through an evaluation of its functions in civil society and in the political arena.
AB - This is an interdisciplinary article, integrating Political Science and Media Studies to examine the roles of alternative media (AM) in civil society. AM plays diverse, overlapping and interacting roles in civil society, namely (1) providing alternative information and to serve as (2) an alternative public sphere, (3) a platform for social activists and civil society organizations, (4) an initiator of public discourse and (5) an agent of civil society activism. This article explores the different roles such media plays by conducting a case study ofIn-media, an online AM in Hong Kong, through an evaluation of its functions in civil society and in the political arena.
KW - Hong Kong
KW - alternative media
KW - civil society
KW - politics
KW - social activism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893585003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17516234.2013.873342
DO - 10.1080/17516234.2013.873342
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 1751-6234
VL - 7
SP - 83
EP - 101
JO - Journal of Asian Public Policy
JF - Journal of Asian Public Policy
IS - 1
ER -