Favelas Media Production and Self-Representation : 9783639676044 : 03 Jun 2014 : A TV broadcast, radios, blogs and newspapers: Rocinha favela thrives in multiple means of expressions and communication. How were these media born and how did they develop inside the community? Who are the participants involved, in a panorama of NGOs, institutions and local actors? An analysis that can't bypass the historical and social context of urbanisation and gentrification in Rio de Janeiro, the formation of these peculiar Brazilian shanty-towns, favelas. Making use of Portuguese documentation and recent research material, a preliminary mapping will be provided, along with broad assessments, providing outlooks on these insufficiently addressed although rather seminal phenomena. For instance, presenting a mixture of elements from commercial, public service and community television, how some stations exist in an 'anarchic' and 'rhizomatic' reality. At the same time investigating the relationshi