Arranged into four thematic sections - public and journalistic media; performance and practice media; social and affective media - Mona Baker and Bolette Blaagaard's collection brings together scholars offering a wide range of diverse contributions to engage with different forms of citizen media. "The research collected here takes the study of citizen media into new and productive areas. ?It is impressively interdisciplinary, drawing on scholarship in drama, translation studies, information technology and film to enhance the book's foundation in media and communications. ?Its studies of memory and witnessing provide fruitful ground for re-energising citizen media as a set of diverse, politicised practices that honour the particularities of place as much as they engage with questions of globalised space." Chris Atton, Professor of Media and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University "With the conceptually sharp and engaging introduction by Baker and Blaagaard and the insightful individual case studies that follow, this lively collection challenges prevailing notions about publics (and their spheres), citizens, and even media. It marks an innovative turning point in our efforts to understand the communicative practices and dynamics of democracy." Peter Dahlgren, Professor Emeritus of Media and Communication Studies, Lund University "Citizen Media and Public Spaces is a compelling and timely collection that explores how citizens find creative and tactical ways to use media and communication to express and enact political agency. The volume is a fascinating journey through raw video footage of a journalist's death in Gaza; gestures of occupying, swarming, and dancing as political protest in Ferguson and Istanbul; nano-demonstrations in Russia, where toys and stuffed animals hold signs of protest, and many other forms of citizen media." Clemencia Rodríguez, Professor of Communication, University of Oklahoma