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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Community radio"”.
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Artist Designed Systems in Community Radio
Skylark is a full-time licensed radio station, founded by the author of this thesis. Since 2020 it has broadcast a continuous and ever-changing sound installation, rejecting the conventional radio schedules of presenters, programmes, music tracks, adverts etc. Its content is drawn from contributors …
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The community radio station operator in Malta
Who is the community radio station operator in Malta? This is a pertinent question that needs a pressing answer. And the aim of this research is precisely to give that answer. The Broadcasting Act of 1991, which introduced radio pluralism in Malta, also provided for the setting up of community …
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The role of community radio in the preservation and transmission of culture: A case study of Mazabuka community radio station
There is no doubt that Community Radio in Africa has come as blessing and has a bright but challenging future. Clearly, their role of complementing the mainstream broadcasting station cannot be over emphasised. Community radio stations claim to be closer to the people, but little is known on how …
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The space between: Defining the place for community radio
This thesis examines the emergence of Community Radio in the United Kingdom. It places the sector within an historical context dominated by the BBC and strongly influenced by the subsequent arrival of commercial radio broadcasting. Understanding this historical context, which includes consideration …
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Radio, community and the public : Community radio in Western Australia
This thesis examines community radio in Western Australia and its relationship to "the public sphere". The public sphere is that field in which private. persons interact with other private. persons and in so doing construct a 11public". Public opinion is formed through this interaction in the …
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Community radio as public sphere: Integrating communities of Africa for social change?
… in-depth interviews to examine the promise of community radio as ‘public sphere,’ and especially its influence in stimulating social change. The goal was to discover whether use of community radio led to higher levels of political participation and political efficacy among listeners. Managers …
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Local and Community Radio in Cornwall: testing achievements against obligations and objectives
… and potential uses of media, this thesis offers radio practitioners and students a pragmatic, rather than a highly theorised, enquiry into the notion and value of local radio. In a detailed case study, it uses the chosen stations as the basis for an empirical examination of actual output, and …
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The origins and development of community radio in Britain under New Labour (1997-2007)
… is a study of the origins and development of Community Radio in the United Kingdom under New Labour, focusing on the decade that saw Tony Blair serving as Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007. The research contributes to an enhanced understanding of Community Radio in Britain during this …
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POLICY MAKING AND PUBLIC SPHERE: AN ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY RADIO IN THAILAND (1997-2021)
Radio broadcasting policies and practices in Thailand have long been affected by political uncertainties, starved of financial support and therefore left with little technical progression. This research examines Thailand’s approach to public service broadcasting (PSB) through a theoretical …
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Participatory communication in radio broadcasting in Zambia : The case of the Mazabuka community radio station
… on which this report is based, was at Mazabuka Community Radio Station in Mazabuka, 120 kilometers South of Lusaka and assesses Participatory Communication in Radio Broadcasting in Zambia, using Mazabuka Community Radio Station as a Case Study. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative …
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Participatory communication in radio broadcasting in Zambia : The case of the Mazabuka community radio station
… on which this report is based, was at Mazabuka Community Radio Station in Mazabuka, 120 kilometers South of Lusaka and assesses Participatory Communication in Radio Broadcasting in Zambia, using Mazabuka Community Radio Station as a Case Study. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative …
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Human Rights Education through Community Radio: The Promotion of Afro-Colombian Women’s Identity and Rights
… right to difference of the Afro-Colombian ethnic community, as well as to claim and defend their rights. This thesis project presents how La Red Nacional de Mujeres Afrocolombianas, Kambirí, a national network of Afro-Colombian women, has used community radio as a tool for imparting Human Rights …
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Beyond polarity : Campus-Community-Radio and new relations of power in radio broadcasting policy in Canada
… (CRTC) discourse regarding the regulation of radio broadcasting in Canada from the 1920s to the present. It examines the limits of earlier historical frames through which radio broadcasting policy has been explored. It introduces Foucault's model of study and frame of analysis termed …
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Broadcasting in an on -Demand World Creating Community Radio in the Era of Podcasting and Webcasting
Community radio projects constitute attempts to intervene in shaping our social structures, improving the quality of our shared conversations, and our ability to have a functioning public sphere. To this end, the findings in this project will prove of benefit to anyone charged with similar goals.
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Engaging voices or talking to air? A study of alternative and community radio audience in the digital era
… (FCC) announced the implementation of the Local Community Radio Act of 2010, which marks the largest expansion of community radio stations in U.S. history. The act responds to the decade-long community radio movement in which many civilian groups advocated that community radio—an “old-fashioned” …
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We Put Down Our Guns and Picked Up Microphones: Community Radio as a Conduit for Community Development in Guatemala
The intent of this thesis is to explore how community radio in Guatemala is used as a tool for community development. The concept of development I use is based off the idea that in order to build and maintain a sustainable quality of life there must be a solid community foundation for social …
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainability of community radio stations: the case of Vhembe FM and Makhado FM
… COVID-19 pandemic has affected the viability of community media in South Africa. Focusing on Vhembe FM and Makhado FM in Limpopo's Vhembe District, it draws on media development and sustainability theories to analyse the negative impacts the pandemic has had on these local media organisations. …
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Community Radio Broadcasting and Local Governance Participation in Ghana: A Study of Simli Radio in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region.
This research explores the nexus between community radio and local community participation in decentralized local governance in the Ghanaian context. It is based on a case study of the Kumbungu District in the Northern region. Ghana has implemented a local government programme under its …
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Examining community media sustainability in the digital age : a study of community radio stations in the North-West province of South Africa
… literature on ways in which local media firms (community radio in South Africa) can achieve sustainability amidst the prevailing digital challenges. Hence, the knowledge gap this study intends to fill. Current studies indicate a good amount of scholarly work on media sustainability focusing on …
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The effectiveness of Community Radio Stations in bridging the information gap in Rural Communities: The case of Radio Chikuni in Monze District of Zambia
… and in Zambia particularly, various forms of community media have been used in a bid to bridge the barriers that exist with regard to access to information especially in the rural areas. Community radio is one such media which has been used in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa with a …
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