Approximations between popular and community communication and the alternative

Abstract

Approximations between popular and community communication and the alternative press in Brazil in the era of cyberspace — A discussion about “alternative communication”, starting from its manifestation during the context of Brazil’s military regime, characterizing its interfaces with popular and community communication, and identifying some of the new forms of alternative journalism practiced today, based on a bibliographical research. It is concluded that new practices update the forms of communication of the underprivileged segments of society, bringing popular and community communication closer together and differentiating them from most of the alternative media due to their autonomous nature.