"Radio as a medium is continuously playing a significant role not only in the dissemination of information but also in the propagation of culture and nation-building, providing many minorities, remote, and disenfranchised areas with a low-cost civic sphere. Radio is an essential and useful tool for
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communication. The phrase “a radio service by the people, close to the people and for the people” sums up the essential features of this service. So, we can say that Community Radio must not only be run by but also serve the welfare of the society. It aims to help and benefit the public group through its programming. In this paper, the researcher intends to observe the community radio as an emerging platform to discuss developmental issues programming of broadcasts by total four CRS. So, two stations from educational category and two is from Ngo category from Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Alwar and Sirohi district of Rajasthan as a case study." (Abstract)
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"En tiempos de pandemia los medios de comunicación comunitarios profundizan sus prácticas históricas y ratifican los objetivos fundacionales. Entre las reflexiones bienintencionadas de la época es recurrente la idea de “salir mejores” del aislamiento social. En lo referente al vínculo, uso,
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consumo y participación ciudadana en y con los medios de comunicación hay una oportunidad de reconocer a las radios y televisoras comunitarias como espacios de construcción democrática donde ejercer el derecho a la comunicación puede ser una práctica cotidiana." (Página 1)
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"This article analyzes the role of community radio broadcasting in promoting indigenous minority languages and cultures in selected parts of Malawi. The study collected empirical data from two community radio stations and their surrounding populations. Using the theories of ethnolinguistic vitality
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and globalization, the study reveals that recent establishment of community radio stations, centered on local community development, has created opportunity for promotion of languages and cultures, as practiced by minorities in local areas surrounding the radio stations. Thus, the use of minority languages simplifies the understanding of information and encourages the participation of speakers who might otherwise be excluded due to language difficulties." (Abstract)
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"Kenyan community radio works between international and national media paradigms, while seeking to meet the expectations of its local communities. International funding and training organizations active in the sector focus on enhancing technology for development, freedom of expression, democracy and
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governance. At the national level, community stations are expected to act as development-oriented media. While development is a value embraced by most stations, freedom of expression is embraced more cautiously, given the political contexts in which they exist. Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2016, this article explores the operational choices that community broadcasters make in view of their funding and training partnerships, all the while negotiating their local, social and political contexts in order to survive. It focuses on Mugambo Jwetu FM, a community radio station in Kenya, as a case study." (Abstract)
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"This study examines the social consequences of an ethnic migrant community radio station, Map Radio FM 99, to explore its role for the Shan migrant community in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Fieldwork was conducted for seven weeks between December 2015 and January 2016 to collect data using semi-structured
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interviews, participant observation and relevant documents. Employing a qualitative approach, this study found that participation in community radio helps participants be socially active in Thai society by maximising their participation in the social sphere using media. This study concludes that participation in Map Radio enables the Shan migrant community to better adapt to Thai society by providing and obtaining information necessary for their lives in Thailand and by contributing to the formation of a collective identity as ethnic migrant workers, thereby creating community cohesion. Nonetheless, lack of political efficacy as a result of the challenging political environment in Thailand might partly prevent Map Radio from functioning completely as an alternative public sphere." (Abstract)
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"This study was carried out with the specific objectives of mapping the present level of mathematical skills of community members, and their radio listening behaviour preferences, with a view to making recommendations for the nature of radio programmes to be produced and broadcast among community me
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mbers to enhance their numerical ability. To this end, the study employed quantitative research design, which involved the survey of a sample of 12,000 respondents taken from among the community members constituting the audience of the community radio stations in the country. The study employed multi-stage sampling to first identify 12 community radio stations, in the first instance, followed by the identification of one thousand households in each of these community radio stations and one respondent from each of the selected households, giving due consideration to the parity of gender. The data collected from each of these 12,000 respondents was processed with the help of descriptive statistical tools to arrive at inferences necessary to achieve the purposes of the study. The study revealed that while community members were comfortable in solving simple mathematical sums and calculating their wages, they experienced difficulties in the use of mathematical skills in the computation of interest, discount, percentage and conversion of scales of measurement. The study further revealed that community members listened to radio extensively and were eager to not just listen to radio programmes based on the imparting of mathematical skills but also willing to adopt a participatory approach in their production, based on their competencies." (Abstract)
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"Los capítulos que integran [este] libro siguen líneas conductoras en torno al derecho humano a la comunicación, el señalamiento a la concentración de la propiedad mediática como limitante de la diversidad, la necesidad de medios alternativos, así como la articulación de objetivos políticos
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, sociales y culturales entre sociedad y medios sin fines de lucro. Esta obra emerge de un trabajo conjunto entre profesores y estudiantes de la Maestría en Comunicación y Política de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. Los capítulos de Juan Daniel Montaño Rico y Carlos Eduardo Villalba Gómez, se derivan de sus trabajos de tesis, asesoradas por los otros dos autores del libro, Patricia Ortega Ramírez y Jerónimo Repoll, respectivamente." (Presentación, página 11)
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"Mining extractive companies have extended their operations to other realms, such as the management of media. Thus, from a space of physical intervention, they start to conquer a space of symbolic representation, creating a gap between local communities’ perceptions of the mining process and the p
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erception that is spread through media outlets about the operations in the territories. In Chile, this perception is complicated by the participation of the mining industry in media ownership and the overall concentration of media. Through critical ethnographic fieldwork, analysis of national and local community media examples, this article explores an ongoing socio-environmental conflict in the Choapa Valley where the copper mine Los Pelambres operates. It does it by first discussing how the mining industry pursues narratives of extractivism in the Chilean media and then discussing how local communities defy this narrative by creating their description of the territory through local media outlets." (Abstrct)
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"We present a Social Benefit Framework to help understand the kinds of benefits that, in principle, are generated by community radio. It goes through the distinct types, six in all, that have been identified by looking through the literature and research and talking to community radio stations and t
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heir organisation, CRAOL. As well as identifying the types, the Framework gives a summary indication of how a station actually achieved this benefit [...] The Framework thus describes types of benefits and examples of ways that specific community station actions – many of them unique to community radio - can contribute to each type. It is intended to be of practical use, and the next section Putting the Framework to Work gives a flavour of what it can do, but as part of the wider methodology developed in another part of this project. This briefly illustrates the main components of that methodology and where the stories fit in. After this, a more elaborate Theory of Change map is presented. This takes a further step, to look the wider logic and operations of a community station, and of the environment within which it is embedded, intersecting to enable the Station to bring about change. It is called a Theory of Change because it first looks at the overall objectives of a community station, and then, bearing in mind the challenges that it faces, it tries to map out the logical linkages and preconditions of how to get from the here and now, to the final objective sought i.e. to map out a theory of the how change can happen. In this case the final objective is to maximise the benefits that can be brought to the community by the Station, by means of the same six areas identified in the Framework [...] However, the real star of this report is the Stories from the Community Radio Sector. In researching and documenting these Stories, part of a wider process of developing a methodology to be able to measure social benefit of community radio the researcher was struck by two things when visiting radio stations: First how the station’s staff and volunteers would recount, often in passing, arresting anecdotes about people who have been in touch to thank them, and stories about how the Station engaged with all kinds of the amazing things going on in the community. And second, when pressed for detail, how little of this was actually documented." (Pages 6-7)
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"Como se podrá observar en cada una de las páginas del texto, en realidad las tecnologías están diseñadas para incrementar los mecanismos de penetración del capitalismo y otras formas de dominación en cada una de las esferas de nuestras vidas. En este sentido, es menester observar las relacio
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nes sociales bajo las cuales se construyen y desarrollan, sus fines y su capacidad de asombrarnos ante las posibilidades que nos ofrecen. Sólo un análisis crítico de estas contradicciones nos puede permitir transformarlas para convertirlas en herramientas que, no sólo rompan estas formas de dominación y fetichización, sino que coadyuven a la realización de los objetivos, sueños y deseos que las propias personas, colectivos, organizaciones o comunidades han decidido autónomamente llevar a cabo. La comunicación y sus tecnologías, como es señalado por las propias experiencias de comunicación y es bien acogido en las líneas de este texto, no se ven como fines en sí mismas. A diferencia de lo que ocurre en los medios de comunicación masiva o en las grandes empresas de telecomunicaciones en donde se piensa en productos o contenidos para vender o hacer propaganda. En las experiencias de comunicación como las que se recogen en el libro, la comunicación es vista a partir del proceso social en el que se construye de manera colectiva un determinado mensaje. En este proceso es en donde reside la importancia de estas experiencias; no se trata del mensaje o el producto final en sí mismo, sino en la capacidad y el diálogo que se genera en todo el proceso. Las tecnologías son sólo herramientas que se necesitan analizar críticamente y transformar para que se logren los objetivos que las mismas comunidades, organizaciones o colectivos se propongan." (Prólogo, página 9-10)
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"In Österreich gingen 1998 die ersten freien Radios auf Sendung. Inzwischen sind sie zu einer Gruppe von 17 Radio- und Fernsehsendern herangewachsen. Was sie eint, ist aber längst mehr, als die Gruppe der Nichtkommerziellen zu sein. Sie stellen heute eine Mediengattung mit einem sehr homogen gewac
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hsenen Selbstverständnis für ihre Aufgabe und ihre Rolle in der Gesellschaft dar, so diese Studie.Für die Untersuchung wurden u.a. Fokusgruppengespräche mit 120 vornehmlich ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeitern und Mitarbeiterinnen von fünfzehn Sendern durchgeführt. Dabei wurde deutlich, dass sich die nichtkommerziellen Programmveranstalterinnen und -veranstalter senderübergreifend an fünf zentralen Funktionen ihres Tuns orientieren, mit denen spezifische, übereinstimmend beschriebene Ziele und Werte erreicht werden. Dabei handelt es sich um die Artikulationsfunktion, die Partizipationsfunktion, die Komplementaritätsfunktion, die Medienbildungsfunktion und um die Realisierung medienkonvergenter Strategien. Deren Bedeutung, Zusammenspiel und Wirkung werden in dieser Untersuchung erläutert.Die Feststellung einer sehr weitreichenden Einigkeit der nichtkommerziellen Programmveranstalterinnen und -veranstalter über ihre Ziele und Werte ist von zentraler Bedeutung. Sie ist der wissenschaftliche Beleg für die Existenz eines „mission statements“, welches im Kern alle Verantwortlichen, Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der Community-Medien über die gesamte Republik hinweg miteinander teilen und an dem sie sich selbst messen und auch messen lassen." (Vorwort, Seite 4)
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"What really differentiates community media from their local commercial counterparts is that they see themselves, from their foundation, as part of the community. They do not just serve the community, or reflect the interests of the community, they engage directly with the community and the communit
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y engages directly with them – they are inseparable. It is not just about capturing the attention of listeners, it is about listening to the community, being part of the community by engaging in activities, amplifying the voices of diverse groups in the community, opening a space for volunteers to take part directly and indeed to manage and run the station. Most of all it is about contributing to the overall social benefit of the community, as part of and engaging with the wider local empowerment and development infrastructure. The bulk of this document comprises, in the long Annex, a diverse set of stories that describe, concretely, how the community and community stations interacting, in ways that benefit individuals and groups locally, and ultimately the community as a whole." (Page 1)
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"We hope this toolkit will support you in creating exciting and memorable content for community radio programmes wherever you are. This toolkit contains the messages and facts from the global campaign. It has not been tailored for any specific region, country or area. We count on you to consider how
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to make this campaign most relevant to your audiences - drawing on local data and voices from your communities. The toolkit suggests several types of shows that community radio stations can create. If you want to include specific facts and statistics about your country, area or community, please work with organizations in your local network that can help." (About this toolkit, page 9)
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"In this article, we draw on experiences from the Grassroot Wavelengths project that introduces an innovative peer-to-peer platform to support the creation and management of community radio stations. We offer insight into the practices of participation in community media, where the users influence d
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ecisions concerning the technology, the content, the actors and the organization policy of the radio station, through a participatory design approach. These collaborations between researchers and users, together with a focus on the development of relational assets in local contexts, are fundamental in an attempt to design a platform that fosters conviviality and offers an alternative way to consider participation in community media." (Abstract)
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"This book tells the story of community radio in four South Asian countries: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The three parts of the book focus on policy (discussed country by country), issues in practice, and case studies. In effect, however, each of the chapters touches on these topics to
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one degree or another. The first section presents very helpful background on the introduction of community radio in the four countries, focusing not only on policy issues but also on the history of setting up the stations. The second section calls attention to particular challenges such as the role of NGOs, radio spectrum management, the introduction of somewhat advanced technologies into rural communities, the role of women, the possibilities of community radio for disaster response, and issues of sustainability. The third section (the case studies) offers a good deal of practical suggestions to address challenges such as conflicts in the communities, assessment of the stations, and the practices of democracy." (Review in "Religion and Social Communication", vol. 20:2, 2022, page 418-421, https://www.asianresearchcenter.org)
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"Este libro tiene como finalidad presentar los resultados del proceso de investigación que se llevó a cabo entre enero de 2018 y noviembre de 2019 por parte de un grupo de docentes-investigadores de los programas de Comunicación Social de la Institución Universitaria Politécnico Grancolombiano
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y de la Universidad Santo Tomás (USTA), de Bogotá, cuyo objetivo fue analizar las narrativas de los magazines de siete emisoras comunitarias localizadas en Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Guaviare, Caquetá y Chocó, entre febrero y junio de 2018, y sus aportes en la construcción de una cultura de paz, entendiendo esta como parte de los Acuerdos de paz, con el fin de aportar a estudiantes de comunicación, a trabajadores de la radio, a la comunidad académica, y a la sociedad, en general, elementos para pensar una comunicación incluyente. Este contexto sirvió de marco para las tres partes en las que se distribuye el libro. En general, la primera parte muestra al lector un breve estado del arte de la radio comunitaria en el mundo a través de un estudio bibliométrico que recoge los acercamientos que desde allí se han realizado a la temática y su rol en procesos para preservar la paz —peacekeeping— en diversas regiones del mundo, donde destacan estudios realizados por Alhassan, Bhagwan-Rolls, Brisset-Foucault, Darder, Maldonado, Mezghanni y Patil, entre otros [...]
En la segunda parte del libro el lector inicia con el recorrido metodológico trazado desde los conceptos, discusiones y propuestas de Van Dijk, Valles, Haidar, Delgado y Gutiérrez, y en especial el aporte sobre teoría fundamentada de Strauss y Corbin. Desde allí se construyeron los lineamientos que permitieron la triangulación de datos. Tras la lectura e interpretación de la información cualitativa por medio del software Nvivo, observamos cómo se obtuvieron los resultados centrados en aspectos como las narrativas propias de esas siete emisoras comunitarias en torno a temas relacionados con alguno de los puntos del Acuerdo de paz ...
Por último, en la tercera parte el lector podrá conocer la estrategia digital Ondas, mensajes para conversar, un sitio web dirigido a quienes están interesados en producir medios de comunicación desde los cuales construir escenarios de convivencia, y donde se recogen algunos aspectos sobre el quehacer y el impacto de la radio comunitaria como escenario dialógico de las voces de las regiones y, sobre todo, como herramienta de construcción de paz." (Introduccion, página 21-24)
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"This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past fifty years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from
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the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of the case study stations. A third framework – social movement theory – is proposed for further understanding the value of community broadcasting and its contributions to the wider media landscape." (Abstract)
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