Community Media in a Globalized World: The Relevance and Resilience of Local Radio

Kate Coyer*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages166-179
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9781405198714
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Apr 2011

Keywords

  • Analog radio, primary means of news - and information for majority of the world
  • Communication rights, access to information and freedom of expression - heart of democratic societies
  • Community media - "Normative Good," not to take a normative view of community media
  • Community media in a globalized world - relevance and resilience of local radio
  • Community media, forms and modes - cutting across media
  • Lack of proper enabling legislation - single principal barrier to community media's social impact
  • Legal status of community radio internationally - and community radio legislation
  • National associations, interests - of community radio, and long-term sustainability for sector
  • Need for enabling environment - activists, arguing that broadcasting policy, reflects values of community access
  • No single definition of community media - basic premise centering on media, not-for-profit

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