Media companies that are not part of the mainstream media and tend to represent minority viewpoints are known as
A. independent
B. reappropriated
C. equalized
D. globalized

A. Independent media.

Explanation:

One district characteristics that separated an Independent media with mainstream media is that independent media tend to be free from the influence of government and the corporates.

The invention of social media and internet technologies accelerate the growth of independent media since the 2000s. Nowadays, almost everyone can pick up a camera or create blogs to offer their perspective to the events that occurred everyday.

According to the data from pew research, around 59% of their correspondence consume their news from independent media that they found on major social media platforms.