Introduction -- Comparing progressive and conservative audiences for alternative media and their attitudes towards journalism / Jennifer Rauch -- Entertainment alternative media and political parties -- No more ideological gatekeepers? / Prashanth Bhat and Krishnan Vasudevan -- Narrow mobilization and tea party activism / Joshua D. Atkinson and Suzanne Berg -- Activist speak at the Republican debates / Joshua D. Atkinson, Nina Gjoci, Robert Joseph, Emi Kanemoto, and Tao Zhang -- Entertainment alternative media and mainstream political news -- Alternative press coverage of the 2016 election / Chad Painter and Madison Olinger -- Satirical news as alternative journalism / Kevin Howley -- Mainstream coverage of alternative media / Linus Andersson -- Alternative media and journalistic boundary work / Linda Jean Kenix -- Participatory alternative media and emancipatory possibilities -- Hybridized political participation / Nune Grigoryan and Wolfgang Suetzl -- Rhetorics of resistance in a world of fake news / Laura Stengrim and Brandon Knight