Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2013, October)
Cultures of Listening: The popular aesthetics of 'difficult music'
Difficulty and complexity are values most often associated with a modernist avant-garde of ‘serious’ music. Their presence in popular music tends to attract the opprobrium of...
Genre and the cultural politics of territory: the live experience of free improvisation
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2012)
Genre and the cultural politics of territory: the live experience of free improvisation. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 15, 427-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549412442671
This paper is concerned with the relationship between performers and audiences in the live performance of popular music, a relationship that is examined through the concept of...
Fan discourse and the construction of noise music as a genre
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2011)
Fan discourse and the construction of noise music as a genre. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 23, 324-342
Recent theoretical interest in Noise has drawn attention to the difficulties of making sense of it as a musical practice. Various claims have been made: Noise challenges the ...
Counterculture, Opposition and Incorporation.
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2010)
Counterculture, Opposition and Incorporation. Huck, 38-39
The journalism of Diaspora: ethics, production and audiences.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2010, September)
The journalism of Diaspora: ethics, production and audiences. Presented at Journalism of Diaspora Symposium, University of Lincoln
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...
Media theory in practice: staff research in the undergraduate classroom.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2009, November)
Media theory in practice: staff research in the undergraduate classroom. Presented at QAA Enhancement Event: Research-Teaching Linkages to Enhance Graduate Attributes in Creative and Cultural Practice, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
Virtual community and popular culture.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2009, April)
Virtual community and popular culture
Fanzines: popular culture and creativity.
Presentation / Conference
Atton, C. (2009, March)
Fanzines: popular culture and creativity
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...