Alternative press 1779920 207006899 2008-04-21T01:26:42Z 199.94.68.218 {{for|the music magazine|Alternative Press (music magazine)}} The '''alternative press''' consists of printed [[publications]] that provide a different or dissident viewpoint than that provided by major mainstream and corporate [[newspapers]], [[magazines]], and other print media. As long as there have been [[mass media]] there have been [[alternative media]], and the alternative press is a subset of them. The alternative press often engages in [[advocacy journalism]] and frequently promotes specific political views. See for example the lists at [[alternative press (U.S. political left)]] and [[alternative press (U.S. political right)]]. In the United States, there are a number of [[alternative newspaper]]s such as the ''[[Village Voice]]'' in New York, the ''[[Metro Times]]'' in Detroit, ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]'' , ''[[The Chicago Reader]]'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]'' and the ''[[Knoxville Voice]]''. ''[[Factsheet Five]]'' publisher Mike Gunderloy described the alternative press "as sort of the 'grown-up' [[underground press]]. The alternative press is often leftist, often concerned with building a better world, and usually deadly serious. ''[[Whole Earth Catalog|Whole Earth]]'', the ''Boston Phoenix'', and ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' are the sorts of things that fall in this classification."<ref name="f5">{{Citation|last=Gunderloy|first=Mike|publication-date=August 1991|title=Glossary|periodical=Factsheet Five|publication-place=[[Rensselaer, New York|Rensselaer, NY]]|publisher=Pretzel Press|issue=44|pages=p. 86|url=http://www.gyrofrog.com/glossary-ff44.php|issn=08906823|accessdate=2007-11-05}}</ref> In contrast, Gunderloy described the underground press as "the real thing, before it gets slick, [[Co-option|co-opt]]ed, and profitable. The underground press comes out in small quantities, is often illegible, treads on the thin ice of unmentionable subjects, and never carries ads for [[designer jeans]]."<ref name="f5" /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{refimprove|date=November 2007}} ==See also== *[[Alternative media]] *[[News agency (alternative)]] *[[Underground press]] *[[Zine]] [[Category:Mass media]] [[Category:Alternative press]] [[Category:Newspapering]] [[Category:Alternative media]] [[Category:Alternative journalism]]