Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, Tine Ustad Figenschou, Scott A. Eldridge, Lena Frischlich et al.
In this introduction to the special issue Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding Alternative News Media and its Contribution to Diversity, we discuss how and to what extent alternative news media contribute to news diversity. We elaborate on the concept of diversity, the democratic role of media a...
Lena Frischlich, Scott A. Eldridge, Tine Ustad Figenschou, Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk et al.
In order to better understand alternative news media, we need to focus more centrally on the audiences that regularly consume them. This special issue, entitled “Contesting the Mainstream: Understanding Alternative News Media,” advances such an audience turn. In the introduction, we outline how scho...
Tine Ustad Figenschou, Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk
Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, Tine Ustad Figenschou
The interaction between alternative and mainstream media is complex and often contentious. Mainstream journalists question the professionalism and political agendas of alternative media, while the latter criticize mainstream journalists for being biased and elitist. This paper investigates the posit...