What media scholar Cherian George dubs “contentious journalism” today is in
line with that legacy. As a genre of internet-based alternative media praxis,
contentious journalism aims at “challenging the consensus that powerful
interests try to shape and sustain through mainstream media” (George 2006,
3). Such efforts lend alternative media, George argues, qualities akin to those
of a social movement, including an emphasis on political engagement from
the margins (to disrupt state control over information and ideas), a sense of
common purpose, and social networks for mobilization (George 2006, 91).
Yet the specific qualities of new media confound easy comparison—and the
political significance of new media in Malaysia extends beyond the impacts of
contentious journalism specifically.
What media scholar Cherian George dubs “contentious journalism” today is in
line with that legacy. As a genre of internet-based alternative media praxis,
contentious journalism aims at “challenging the consensus that powerful
interests try to shape and sustain through mainstream media” (George 2006,
3). Such efforts lend alternative media, George argues, qualities akin to those
of a social movement, including an emphasis on political engagement from
the margins (to disrupt state control over information and ideas), a sense of
common purpose, and social networks for mobilization (George 2006, 91).
Yet the specific qualities of new media confound easy comparison—and the
political significance of new media in Malaysia extends beyond the impacts of
contentious journalism specifically.
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