Full Description
Community Media, Sustainability and Crisis examines how community media responds when existing structures and normal expectations are upended, across a global set of perspectives.
This original collection draws on a truly global set of perspectives, with authors from Asia, Europe, Africa, and both North and South America, who explore a range of ideological, political, economic, and cultural factors that shape how community media projects respond to crises. Contributors analyze how to evaluate the sustainability and operation of community media, using case studies centered on community radio station responses from across a range of geographical settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through broadening focus to discuss community radio with other forms of crisis such as communities rebuilding after earthquakes and natural disasters, the authors describe how community media can be an important resource for community resilience and recovery.
Contents
Introduction
Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK)
1. A sustainability evaluation model from and for the South: Measuring resilience in the Spanish alternative media system
Alejandro Barranquero (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain)
2. Tactics and Strategy: the Urbana Indymedia model
Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland)
3. The power of - and the need for - community, ushering in the age of community - and of community media
Birgitte Jallov (Empowerhouse, Denmark)
4. "It saved my life...": The impact of community radio on the emotional and social well-being of listeners and volunteers in the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic
Freya Hodgson (UK) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK)
5. Beyond Survival: Reimagining Sustainability in Community Radio in India
Vinod Pavarala (University of Hyderabad, India) and Kanchan K. Malik (University of Hyderabad, India)
6. Historicizing the Received Tradition of Community Media
James (Jay) F. Hamilton (University of Georgia, USA)
7. Community Media 4 Kenya: Sustainable development through transformative learning and community/university partnerships
Peter Day (Brighton University, UK), Jerry Agalo (Rongo University, Kenya), and Isabel Zattu (Kibabii University, Kenya)
8. 'The old mob use the old ways, but the new mob use YouTube': Consolidating legacy and building sustainability for Australian Indigenous community broadcasting in the digital age
Susan Forde (Griffith University, Australia), Debbie Bargallie (University of Queensland, Australia), Heather Anderson (Griffith University, Australia), Troy Meston (Charles Sturt University, Australia), and Harry Van Issum (Griffith University, Australia)
9. Community radio: A new paradigm of social communication in Mexico and Latin America
Graciela Martínez Matías (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
10. The political economy of community radio in Nigeria: Issues, challenges, and prospects for Agba community radio
Roselyn Vona Doghudje (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Index
About the Contributors
