Alternative Media: Informing or Activist? The right to communicate, through outreach and teach strategies, the public accessibility of alternative media, and the increased availability of userfriendly technology lend to the diverse, hybrid nature of alternative media. While no discussion of education and media access can go without addressing issues of diversity and various barriers posed by social class and race, the digital divide is less prevalent in alternative than in mass media because of alternative media’s localized or community-based setting.