Community media: a good practice handbook
Paris:
UNESCO
(2011), 80 pp.
ISBN 978-92-3-104210-2
"This is a collection of case studies of good practice in community media, mainly from developing countries, and focusing especially on radio. The first section addresses the enabling environment for community media, with ten country case studies of good practice in media policies, regulations, funding and support structures. The second section presents ten case studies on community media sustainability, understood as its longevity, consistency as social enterprises, and rootedness in the communities they serve. The third section looks at social impact of community media, describing ten experiences of community media contributing to improvements in livelihoods, social change, citizen participation and other benefits. The case studies provide key characteristics, a summary, references and links. As they are very short (two pages each), the main function of this publication may lie in providing a first glance of the broad variety of community media approaches and practices." (CAMECO Update 1-2012)
Contents
Introduction, 7
ENABLING COMMUNITY MEDIA, 9
Benin: West African model for media regulation, 13
Denmark: Extended concept of public service broadcasting, 15
Ecuador: CORAPE - national alliance for community radio, 17
El Salvador: ARPAS – a frequency that enabled a network, 19
France: FSER - support fund for non-commercial local radio, 21
Nepal: ACORAB - defending the community radio sector, 23
South Africa: MDDA - funding media development and diversity, 25
Thailand: CPMR - civil society campaign for media reform, 27
Uruguay: Equitable access for community broadcasting, 29
United Kingdom: Canstream - Internet broadcasting made easy, 31
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY, 33
Australia: 3CR - powered by the people, 37
Burundi: Giheta CMC - promoting peace and development, 39
Chile: Radio Tierra – rooted in social movements, 41
Colombia: AREDMAG - defending media in the face of conflict, 43
India: Sangham Radio – giving voice to the excluded, 45
Jordan: Radio Al-Balad - the Internet as an entry point, 47
Nicaragua: La Primerisima - people’s news radio, 49
Senegal: Radio Ndef Leng - letting the listener speak, 51
Slovenia: Radio Student - independent and non-conformist, 53
Uganda: Radio Apac - promoting social and economic improvement, 55
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL IMPACT, 57
Belize: Radio Hamalali Garinagu - protecting the Garifuna culture, 61
Bolivia: Radio Wiñay Jatha - voice of Aymara women, 63
China: One Plus One - nothing about us, without us, 65
Fiji: femTALK - mobile radio for women’s empowerment, 67
Indonesia: ARRNet - rebuilding shattered communities, 69
Iraq: Radio Dange Nwe - a voice for peace and dialogue, 71
Jamaica: FREE FM - radio from behind prison walls, 73
Japan: Radio FMYY - celebrating human diversity, 75
Mozambique: community radio and election reporting, 77
Timor-Leste: Radio Rakambia - youth voices building a new countr,y 79
ENABLING COMMUNITY MEDIA, 9
Benin: West African model for media regulation, 13
Denmark: Extended concept of public service broadcasting, 15
Ecuador: CORAPE - national alliance for community radio, 17
El Salvador: ARPAS – a frequency that enabled a network, 19
France: FSER - support fund for non-commercial local radio, 21
Nepal: ACORAB - defending the community radio sector, 23
South Africa: MDDA - funding media development and diversity, 25
Thailand: CPMR - civil society campaign for media reform, 27
Uruguay: Equitable access for community broadcasting, 29
United Kingdom: Canstream - Internet broadcasting made easy, 31
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY, 33
Australia: 3CR - powered by the people, 37
Burundi: Giheta CMC - promoting peace and development, 39
Chile: Radio Tierra – rooted in social movements, 41
Colombia: AREDMAG - defending media in the face of conflict, 43
India: Sangham Radio – giving voice to the excluded, 45
Jordan: Radio Al-Balad - the Internet as an entry point, 47
Nicaragua: La Primerisima - people’s news radio, 49
Senegal: Radio Ndef Leng - letting the listener speak, 51
Slovenia: Radio Student - independent and non-conformist, 53
Uganda: Radio Apac - promoting social and economic improvement, 55
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL IMPACT, 57
Belize: Radio Hamalali Garinagu - protecting the Garifuna culture, 61
Bolivia: Radio Wiñay Jatha - voice of Aymara women, 63
China: One Plus One - nothing about us, without us, 65
Fiji: femTALK - mobile radio for women’s empowerment, 67
Indonesia: ARRNet - rebuilding shattered communities, 69
Iraq: Radio Dange Nwe - a voice for peace and dialogue, 71
Jamaica: FREE FM - radio from behind prison walls, 73
Japan: Radio FMYY - celebrating human diversity, 75
Mozambique: community radio and election reporting, 77
Timor-Leste: Radio Rakambia - youth voices building a new countr,y 79
