Sorry, everyone! This is the reading for Thursday!!!! Just read chapters Downing 10, 11, 12, 14 and we'll discuss them in class on Tuesday.
Reading for Tuesday is:
1) Downing 13;
2) Randolph T. Holhut’s A Brief History of American Alternative Journalism in the Twentieth Century ;
3) Stephen Perkins’ Approaching the '80s Zine Scene: A Background Survey & Selected Annotated Bibliography .
Downing chapter
How did radical media foment the French Revolution?
What are some of the other historical movements that depended on radical publications?
What makes comics or novels “radical”?
A Brief History....
What’s a muckracker and what conditions let to their emergence and widespread popularity?
Why did its popularity fade? And why was it revived in the 60s?
What was “New journalism” created early in the 60s?
What are some examples of print alternative journalism that exists today?
Approaching the 80s Zine Scene
What is a zine?
In what way or under what circumstances are fanzines political (this is not really in the reading, you just need to think about it). Why were people so into their punk zines?
What role did zines play in 60’s countercultural movements?
How do art publications contribute to alternative discourse?
What do zines do?
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