Ellie Rennie is a Research Fellow in the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology.

This highly readable book on community media provides a welcome fusion of theory and practice. Illustrations of grassroots initiatives from around the world are blended together in a manner highlighting the diversity and commonality of community media. Rennie's study will be of value for a wide range of readers—students, scholars, station volunteers, and social activists—concerned with the meaning and possibilities of this form of mediated communication.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1 CommunityChapter 3 2 Access and Free SpeechChapter 4 3 Quality and the Public InterestChapter 5 4 DiversityChapter 6 5 DevelopmentChapter 7 6 Access ReconfiguredChapter 8 7 Self-RepresentationChapter 9 Useful websitesChapter 10 Bibliography

Ellie Rennie is a Research Fellow in the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology.

This highly readable book on community media provides a welcome fusion of theory and practice. Illustrations of grassroots initiatives from around the world are blended together in a manner highlighting the diversity and commonality of community media. Rennie's study will be of value for a wide range of readers—students, scholars, station volunteers, and social activists—concerned with the meaning and possibilities of this form of mediated communication.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1 CommunityChapter 3 2 Access and Free SpeechChapter 4 3 Quality and the Public InterestChapter 5 4 DiversityChapter 6 5 DevelopmentChapter 7 6 Access ReconfiguredChapter 8 7 Self-RepresentationChapter 9 Useful websitesChapter 10 Bibliography

Ellie Rennie is a Research Fellow in the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology.

This highly readable book on community media provides a welcome fusion of theory and practice. Illustrations of grassroots initiatives from around the world are blended together in a manner highlighting the diversity and commonality of community media. Rennie's study will be of value for a wide range of readers—students, scholars, station volunteers, and social activists—concerned with the meaning and possibilities of this form of mediated communication.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 1 CommunityChapter 3 2 Access and Free SpeechChapter 4 3 Quality and the Public InterestChapter 5 4 DiversityChapter 6 5 DevelopmentChapter 7 6 Access ReconfiguredChapter 8 7 Self-RepresentationChapter 9 Useful websitesChapter 10 Bibliography