{"product_id":"hand-held-visions-the-uses-of-community-media-9780823221011","title":"Hand-Held Visions: The Uses of Community Media","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deedee Halleck\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Entertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost forty years, DeeDee Halleck has been involved in a variety of projects that involve media making by \"non-professionals.\" Her goal has been to develop a critical sense of the potential and limitations of mediated communication through practical exercises that generate a sense of both individual and non-hierarchical group power over the various apparati of media and electronic technology. Hand-Held Visions is a collection of essays, presentations, and lectures that she has written throughout this process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalleck starts with a discussion of her own development as a teacher, producer, and an active participant in the struggle for media democracy. She gives the reader a historical first-person perspective on the community-based media movement and a sense of the determination and resolve that have enabled often fragile and much embattled organizations and individuals to survive in a climate dominated by global media corporations that are in direct opposition to their work.","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614361338007,"sku":"9780823221011","price":6117.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780823221011.webp?v=1775092990","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hand-held-visions-the-uses-of-community-media-9780823221011","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}