The Absent Presence of Progressive Rock in the British Music Press, 1968-1974
Journal Article
Anderton, C., & Atton, C. (2020)
The Absent Presence of Progressive Rock in the British Music Press, 1968-1974. Rock Music Studies, 7(1), 8-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2019.1651521
The upsurge of academic interest in the genre known as progressive rock has taken much for granted. In particular, little account has been taken of how discourses surrounding...
Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2019)
Challenging authenticity: fakes and forgeries in rock music. Popular Music, 38(2), 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143019000084
Authenticity is a key concept in the evaluation of rock music by critics and fans. The production of fakes challenges the means by which listeners evaluate the authentic, by ...
Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe
Conference Proceeding
Medboe, H., Bares, W., Webster, E., Frost Fadnes, P., Inglis, C., Kahr, M., …Heyman, M. (2017)
Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe. In Z. Moir, & C. Atton (Eds.), Continental Drift: 50 years of jazz from Europe - Conference Proceedings. , (v-vi
Following popular exposure in France to the proto-jazz of James Reese Europe and his 369th “Harlem Hellfighters” Infantry Regiment during the latter years of WW1, the jazz bug...
Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2015)
Fanzines: enthusiastic production through popular culture. In C. Atton (Ed.), Routledge companion to alternative and community media (437-444). Routledge
No abstract available.
Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation.
Book Chapter
MacPherson, R. (2015)
Peripheral visions? Alternative film in a stateless nation. In C. Atton (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media, (268-277). Routledge
Scotland is a small, stateless nation whose mainstream media and national cinema have generally been positioned by media scholars as constituting an alternative to the UK’s m...
Alternative media, the mundane and 'everyday citizenship'
Book Chapter
Atton, C. (2014)
Alternative media, the mundane and 'everyday citizenship'. In M. Ratto, & M. Boler (Eds.), DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media, (343-357). MIT Press
No abstract available.
Writing about listening: alternative discourses in rock journalism
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2009)
Writing about listening: alternative discourses in rock journalism. Popular Music, 28, 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026114300800158X
‘Alternative’ publications challenge the conventional discourses of rock journalism. In particular, the dominant discourses of authenticity, masculinity and mythology might b...
Why alternative journalism matters
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2009)
Why alternative journalism matters. Journalism, 10(3), 283-285. doi:10.1177/1464884909102582
Why Fanzines matter.
Book
Atton, C. (2008)
Why Fanzines matter. In S. Franklin (Ed.), Setting the Standard: A Project for Improving Rangers, 4-5. Gersnet
It is easy, perhaps too easy, to dismiss fanzines. Some consider them as the inconsequent ramblings of obsessive’s with too much time on their hands. Others feel that they are...
Alternative and Citizen Journalism
Book
Atton, C. (2008)
Alternative and Citizen Journalism. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen, & T. Hanitzsch (Eds.), The Handbook of Journalism Studies, 265-278. Routledge
This chapter examines journalism that is produced not by professionals but by those outside mainstream media organizations. Amateur media producers typically have little or no...