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Andy Opel reviews: Democratic Communications: Formations, Projects and Possibilities. By James F. Hamilton. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2008, 335p. (cloth, $80.00) ISBN-10:0739118668; ISBN-13: 9780739118665

Cultural Chaos: Journalism, News and Power in a Globalised World, Brian McNair (2006) London: Routledge, 248 pp., ISBN: 0415339138 (pbk), 16.99


Global Citizens: Social Movements and the Challenge of Globalization, Marjorie Mayo (2006) Canadian Scholars'
Press Inc.: Toronto and Zed Books: London, 256 pp., ISBN 1842771396 (pbk), 27.50/17.99


Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicities and Media, John Downing and Charles Husband (2005) London: Sage, 214 pp., ISBN 0-7619-6912-8 (pbk), 18.99


Media and Morality: On the Rise
of the Mediapolis, Roger Silverstone (2007) Cambridge: Polity Press, 256 pp., ISBN 0745635040 (pbk), 16.99

Protest is a ubiquitous and richly varied social phenomenon, one that finds expression not only in modern social movements and political organizations but also in grassroots initiatives, individual action, and creative works. It constitutes a distinct cultural domain, one whose symbolic content is regularly deployed by media and advertisers, among other actors. Yet within social movement scholarship, such cultural considerations have been comparatively neglected. Protest Cultures: A Companion dramatically expands the analytical perspective on protest beyond its political and sociological aspects. It combines cutting-edge synthetic essays with concise, accessible case studies on a remarkable array of protest cultures, outlining key literature and future lines of inquiry