"Impact assessment is one of a variety of monitoring tools available to ensure that a community radio effectively works towards set objectives and aspirations. In Mozambique a ‘bare-foot’ impact assessment methodology has been designed, tested, revised and implemented with eight community-owned
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stations between 2000 and 2005. The present article explores the three separate areas of attention focused upon in this methodology: (1) an internal assessment of the radio's way of functioning as an organism; (2) an assessment of the capacity of the community producers through their programmes to meet the needs and desires of the community; and (3) the overall objective of it all: assessing the extent to which impact can be registered vis-à-vis a positive development change within the community, empowerment, mending of the social tissue, etc. resulting from the work of the community radio." (Abstract)
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"El artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio diagnóstico de las radios mineras sindicales de Bolivia: Radio Nacional de Huanuni (Huanuni-Oruro), Radio Vanguardia (Colquiri-La Paz) y Radio 16 de Marzo (Bolívar-Oruro) que actualmente son las únicas emisoras existentes de las más de veinte q
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ue llegaron a funcionar en el país entre la década del sesenta y setenta. Las radios mineras en Bolivia, pioneras en lo que se conoce como comunicación alternativa, popular, democrática o participativa, se debaten hoy en un trance de sobrevivencia por factores económicos, sociales, técnicos y profesionales." (Resumen)
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"The summary of findings for this study is drawn from extensive research conducted in the form of questionnaires and focus groups. The aim of the study was to assess the level at which community radio stations in Africa are involved in programming of content on sustainable development themes/ topics
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. Investigations conducted through the study indicate that in general, community radio stations are still struggling with producing content on sustainable development. One of the reasons is the lack of understanding and distinction of what sustainable content is especially in the specific context of the different communities. Findings however also indicate that despite challenges faced by the sector, community radio stations are making some efforts to produce programmes on sustainable content although they are also faced with challenges on identifying and working with relevant stakeholders for content development. This report makes specific recommendation on how community radio stations can improve on sustainable programming." (Executive summary of findings, page 5-6)
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"An easy-to-read introduction for non-technical people. It contains concrete suggestions for the necessary equipment according to the planned range of the radio station. The cost of technical equipment for the "Micro Radio Station" (15 watts, up to 5 km range) is only US-$ 1,100 (as of 2004). For th
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e "Village Radio Station" (30 watts), the cost is US-$ 7,800. The "Community Radio Station" (1 kilowatt, range normally up to 30 kilometers) costs US-$ 18,000. The technical equipment of the "Regional Radio Station" (two kilowatts, range up to 100 kilometers with a favorable location and a high transmission tower), on the other hand, already costs US-$ 100,000." (commbox).
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"This dissertation analyzes the participatory community radios of post-war El Salvador through ethnographic research and analyses of their operations and programming. It explores the concrete local meanings of civil society and the ways this medium helped construct a vibrant popular culture. Its cor
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e is an analysis of the relationships between the community radios and the activities of emerging civil society organizations as part of a post-war movement reflecting a Gramscian discourse of civil society. Examples show how their collaboratively produced programs sought to increase popular participation especially among the formerly marginalized rural and urban poor, as well as to deepen understanding of human rights, promote practices of citizenship, and redefine “news” to fit their particular audiences. A viable civil society depends on the availability of public spaces. The dissertation investigates the issues underlying the battles to legalize the community radios and expand this virtual public space. Analyses of radio broadcasts of school graduation celebrations demonstrate the radios’ central role in activating the local public sphere, building on critiques of Habermas’ foundational concept (1989). Community radio is not a smaller version of commercial radio, promoting consumption which listeners arguably use to create a feeling of belonging (Garcia Canclini 2001). Instead, these radios are a form of popular culture: transformative expressive practices which reconnect people to their own agency and through which they construct a sense of collective identity (Rowe and Schelling 1991:7)." (Abstract)
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"It has been found that overwhelming respondents from various social groups and occupation rely on "people" for local information. The Katuwali still constitutes a means of information for a sizeable portion of population. For national and international news, radio and television are among the major
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means. The possession of radio increases with increase in literacy. The Radio Nepal has the greatest number of listeners. The 6-8 am, 6-8 pm and 8-10 pm are the times during which the radio is listened by a great many people. The subjects that are preferred by the listeners are news and folk and dohari music. In the study area, only 31% of the household possess television set. It was found that no local newspaper is published from the area and also that there is no any public place or center where people could read newspapers. Moreover, the size of the regular reader of the regional and national newspaper is dismally small. Female lags behind the male in reading the newspapers. It was found that children school going age of a sizable portion of families do not go to school. The frequency of failing in exam is remarkably high; the children of 31% parents respondents have failed in school exam [...]" (Summary, page 104)
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"The specific objectives of the study were to: find out the source, means and condition of information; obtain some information on the condition of education; find out condition and practices related to caste and ethnicity; obtain some information on people's belief in tradition and superstition; ob
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tain information on economic aspects of household; find out pattern of use of technology in everyday life; obtain information on community activities and affair; find out the existing situation, attitude and practice in relation to gender; obtain information on situation of health; and find out the mode of people's participation in politics. [...] All data on the basis of which analyses have been made are primary which have been obtained from the field. The people inhabiting the areas that are covered by Radio Palung constituted the sole source of data required to meet the research objectives laid above. The villages covered were Palung, Daman, Chitlang and Bajrabarahi from Makawanpur district. In this research, population of active age and households in the above mentioned four villages constitutes the universe. Five hundred households, which is approximately 20% of the total households, were taken as samples. From each household, one person was chosen as respondents and interviewed. It is to be noted that only the owner of households were chosen as samples, and domestic servants, hired laborers, married daughters and people living in rent were excluded." (Introduction, page 2-3, method of study, page 6)
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"El presente artículo describe los inicios, el desarrollo y la proyección de un grupo de radios comunitarias del sur de Chile, a través de la sistematización de datos cuantitativos y de relatos aportados por sus creadores y equipos de producción. La zona en estudio es importante por cuanto perm
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ite analizar las particularidades de las radios comunitarias regionales, en contraste con el alto número de emisoras de la Región Metropolitana. Los resultados demuestran el papel que la Radio Comunitaria juega en el plano comunicacional participativo, como proceso que fortalece el desarrollo sociocultural basado en el respeto a las identidades y a la comunicación vista como diálogo entre iguales. La teoría analizada y la investigación realizada muestran la necesidad de una política nacional que contemple un plan de capacitación y sostenibilidad económica del proyecto radial comunitario." (Resumen)
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"Radio ist mehr als die Summe von Musik, Nachrichten und Moderation - ein gut gemachtes Radioprogramm ist persönlich und privat, es ist Emotion und Kommunikation. Erfolgreiche Radioprogramme sprechen den Hörer wirklich an und schaffen es, ihn langfristig zu binden. Die 2003 gestartete "Offensive Q
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ualitätssicherung im Lokalfunk NRW" zeigt: Erfolg folgt Regeln. Das Handbuch Lokalradio dokumentiert exemplarisch die Ergebnisse der Offensive Qualitätssicherung im Lokalfunk, die die Deutsche Hörfunk Akademie seit 2003 mit Unterstützung der Landesanstalt für Medien NRW durchführt. Das Handbuch beschreibt aber auch entscheidende Grundlagen für ein erfolgreiches (Lokal-) Radioprogramm, in dessen Zentrum immer der Begriff "Kommunikation" steht - intern und extern." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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