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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484400303321

Autore

Fox Juliet

Titolo

Community Radio's Amplification of Communication for Social Change / / by Juliet Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 231 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change, , 2634-6397

Disciplina

302.23

302.2344

Soggetti

Communication

Journalism

Media and Communication

Development Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Community radio: Social process and democratic intent -- 3. Social change: Active citizens and the value of voice -- 4. Critical participation and mediated solidarity -- 5. Cycles of transformation and community radio agency -- 6. Reality reconstruction and resistance to hegemony -- 7. Regenerative voice -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how community radio contributes to social change. Community radio remains a unique communication platform under digital capitalism, arguably capable of expanding the project of media democratisation. Yet there is a lack of in-depth analysis of community radio experience, and a dearth of understanding of its functionality as an actively transformative tool for greater equity in society. This project combines the theoretical positions of the political economy of communication with a citizen’s media perspective in order to interrogate community radio’s democratic potential. By presenting case studies of two radio stations in Melbourne and Lospalos, and applying multiple research methods, the book reveals community radio’s amplification of media participation, communication rights, counter-



hegemony and media power — in effect, its distinct regenerative voice.