[ecrea] CfP Journal of Alternative and Community Media - The “Other” Alternatives: Political Right-Wing Media On- and Offline

Journal of Alternative and Community Media

SPECIAL ISSUE

CALL FOR PAPERS – EXTENDED DEADLINE

Guest Editors:

André Haller, University of Bamberg, Germany ((andre.haller /at/ uni-bamberg.de))

Kristoffer Holt, Linnæus University, Sweden ((kristoffer.holt /at/ lnu.se))

Renaud de La Brosse, Linnæus University, Sweden ((renaud.delabrosse /at/ lnu.se))

The “Other” Alternatives: Political Right-Wing Media On- and Offline

Research on alternative media is deeply rooted in media scepticism of 
the 1970s and is especially influenced by cultural studies. The main aim 
of alternative forms of journalism is to challenge mainstream media and 
its professional practices (Atton, 2010). Moreover, alternative media 
producers want to give voice to minorities (Bailey, Cammaerts & 
Carpentier, 2008) and, particularly in left-wing journalism, to overcome 
cultural hegemony of political and economic elites fostered by 
established media (Schweiger, 2017). Consequently, studies on 
alternative media mainly focus on left-wing conceptions (Beywl & 
Brombach, 1983; Holtz-Bacha, 2015), on alternative media as oppositional 
instruments in authoritarian regimes (Schweiger, 2017) as well as on 
community media (Bailey et al., 2008; Harnischmacher, 2015).

However, “little attention has been paid to right-wing media as 
alternative media” (Atton, 2006, 574). Actually, we see a vast spectrum 
of right-wing media such as Breitbart News Network, The Alex Jones Show 
and Infowars or the influential publicist Milo Yiannopoulos. Though many 
right-wing platforms have little impact, some prominent organisations 
have a high reach in terms of followers, “like” numbers or circulation 
rates. In addition to that, we witness that alternative right-wing media 
gain importance in daily politics. For instance, Breitbart News Network 
and the blog The Gateway Pundit entered the White House Press Corps 
after the election of Donald Trump.

This special issue of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media 
focusses on Alternative Right-Wing Media which is published online as 
well as offline to close the research gap in the right-wing media spectrum.

Possible papers could focus on questions such as:

•             How do right-wing media represent themselves? Do they 
emphasise their role as alternative media contrary to mainstream media? 
How is the relationship to other media? For example, are there opportune 
connections to established mainstream media, e.g. citations of or links 
to mainstream media articles?

•             Who are the recipients of alternative right-wing media? 
How do they think about political issues and about established media? Is 
there a connection between media scepticism (the “liar press” 
accusations in Germany and the “fake news” allegations in the US are 
still part of the public discussion) and the use of alternative media?

•             Who are the producers of alternative media in the 
right-wing sector? Do they have a professional background in journalism? 
Which political views do they have?

•             Do right-wing alternative media have elements of 
participating journalism or are they used to promote the political 
standpoints of the producers?

•             Is there a closed counter public sphere in the right-wing 
spectrum? Can we perceive effects of echo chambers or filter bubbles 
(Pariser, 2011)?

Submissions due: 30 May 2018 (extended deadline)

Publication: Late 2018

Submission Guidelines:

Manuscripts of 6,000-8,000 words should be submitted to 
(andre.haller /at/ uni-bamberg.de) by 30 May 2018.

Full style guidelines are available at 
https://joacm.org/index.php/JOACM/pages/view/authors

Manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer review and should be 
submitted free of identifying features, together with a cover letter 
supplying the full name of each author with current affiliation and 
contact details.


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