"Activist Media is an exemplary piece of activist scholarship. With detail, Gino Canella considers how media co-creation as scholarly political work both uplifts and deconstructs representations, research methods, and human relations between scholars and activists creating “grassroots epistemologies” and “radical sociability” from which we can all learn. The book serves as a great how-to for scholars and activists alike."
~Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY
"Drawing on firsthand experience as an activist filmmaker, Canella has written an invaluable account of grassroots empowerment and social change. This book provides an essential analysis for scholars of media activism and for anyone who believes we can and must fight for a better world."
~Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism
"Canella offers many tangible ways to increase the sustainability of organizations through activist media, such as sharing old media interviews as reminders, staying up-to-date on the technological parameters of social media sites, and remaining cognizant of the connection between the media’s distribution platform and the overarching goal of the organization."
~Kendrick Roberson, National Review of Black Politics