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Fifth Estate (FE) is a U.S. periodical, based in Detroit, Michigan begun in 1965, but with staff members across North America who connect via the Internet. Its editorial collective sometimes has divergent views on the topics the magazine addresses but generally shares anarchist, anti-authoritarian outlook and a non-dogmatic, action-oriented approach to change. The title implies that the periodical is an alternative to the fourth estate (traditional print journalism).
Fifth Estate is frequently cited as the longest running English language anarchist publication in North America, although this is sometimes disputed since it became only explicitly anti-authoritarian in 1975 after ten years of publishing as part of the 1960s Underground Press movement. The archives for the Fifth Estate are held at the Labadie Collection in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Fifth Estate is a socio-cultural reference to groupings of outlier viewpoints in contemporary society, and is most associated with bloggers, journalists publishing in non-mainstream media outlets, and the social media. The "Fifth" Estate extends the sequence of the three classical Estates of the Realm and the preceding Fourth Estate, essentially the mainstream press. The use of "fifth estate" dates to the 1960s counterculture, and in particular the influential The Fifth Estate, an underground newspaper first published in Detroit in 1965. Web-based technologies have enhanced the scope and power of the Fifth Estate far beyond the modest and boutique conditions of its beginnings.
The Fifth Estate is most strongly associated with bloggers, journalists, hacktivists, and media outlets that operate outside of the mainstream media.
Fifth Estate may also refer to:
- The Fifth Estate (film), a 2013 movie about Wikileaks
- The Fifth Estate (TV), a Canadian news program
- Fifth Estate (periodical), a US anarchist periodical and former Detroit underground newspaper
- The Fifth Estate (band), a US band
- Fifth Estate Theatre Company, a Scottish theatre company
- Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the fifth Estates of Scotland
Usage examples of "fifth estate".
She certainly wasn't the press-the guard had grown adept at spotting the ladies and gentlemen of the fifth estate and herding them off to the proper authorities.
At age 53, Bandar was almost a fifth estate in Washington, amplifying Saudi influence and wealth.
Most were curiosity seekers, to be sure, but there was at least a token attendance from the fifth estate, as the party was quick to discover.
Anyway British stars, although always not ideal from the glamour perspective, were easier because we members of the fifth estate know where they all live.