What potential does alternative media have to influence society?

Google's safe browsing list is censoring alternative media / Christof Lehmann

WikiLeaks may have influenced the presidential election / Mary Louise Kelly

"Principled Leaking" might rightly lead to extended censorship and data surveillance / Päivikki Karhula

Hacktivists are hacking for a cause / Jenni Bergal

How does alternative media enable extremist civil conflict?

The language of moral panic: "Radicalization" vs. "Extremism" / Ben Debney

Alternative narratives can counter extremist messaging / Ed Husain

The media has been complicit in the rise of ISIS and other extremist groups / Bouthania Shaaban

When it comes to news, what sells matters / Reuters Instititute for the Study of Journalism

How does technology help alternative media?

Restrictions on media undermine democracy / Barbara Unmüßig

Human rights are at stake on the Internet / Hamza Ben Mehrez

Cyberterrorism is on the rise / Fawzia Cassim

Satellite broadcasts can circumvent national controls around the world / Naomi Sakr

Censoring information on the Internet has harmful effects on a society / Haiping Zheng

Is it advantageous to utilize alternative media?

New media is broadening its scope / Denise Robbins

Free speech is at risk / Jim Sleeper

The tendency to self-censure limits digital media / SARTRE

Alternative media has taken over "Fake News" / Maggie Hennefeld

Satire has risen up to become a legitimate news source / Sophia A. McClennen.