Community Media, Sustainability and Crisis Lessons from Covid and Beyond
Bloomsbury Academic (2026), 214 pp.
Contains 11 tables, 4 illustrations, index
ISBN 9798881855529 (pdf), 9781538181546 (hbk)
"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." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Andrew Ó Baoill and Salvatore Scifo
1 A sustainability evaluation model from and for the South: Measuring resilience in the Spanish alternative media system / Alejandro Barranquero
2 Tactics and Strategy: the Urbana Indymedia model / Andrew Ó Baoill
3 The power of – and the need for – community, ushering in the age of community – and of community media / Birgitte Jallov
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 and Salvatore Scifo
5 Beyond Survival: Reimagining Sustainability in Community Radio in India / Vinod Pavarala and Kanchan K. Malik
6 Historicizing the Received Tradition of Community Media / James (Jay) F. Hamilton
7 Community Media 4 Kenya: Sustainable development through transformative learning and community/university partnerships / Peter Day, Jerry Agalo, and Isabel Zattu
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, Debbie Bargallie, Heather Anderson, Troy Meston, and Harry Van Issum
9 Community radio: A new paradigm of social communication in Mexico and Latin America / Graciela Martínez Matías
10 The political economy of community radio in Nigeria: Issues, challenges, and prospects for Agba community radio / Roselyn Vona Doghudje
1 A sustainability evaluation model from and for the South: Measuring resilience in the Spanish alternative media system / Alejandro Barranquero
2 Tactics and Strategy: the Urbana Indymedia model / Andrew Ó Baoill
3 The power of – and the need for – community, ushering in the age of community – and of community media / Birgitte Jallov
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 and Salvatore Scifo
5 Beyond Survival: Reimagining Sustainability in Community Radio in India / Vinod Pavarala and Kanchan K. Malik
6 Historicizing the Received Tradition of Community Media / James (Jay) F. Hamilton
7 Community Media 4 Kenya: Sustainable development through transformative learning and community/university partnerships / Peter Day, Jerry Agalo, and Isabel Zattu
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, Debbie Bargallie, Heather Anderson, Troy Meston, and Harry Van Issum
9 Community radio: A new paradigm of social communication in Mexico and Latin America / Graciela Martínez Matías
10 The political economy of community radio in Nigeria: Issues, challenges, and prospects for Agba community radio / Roselyn Vona Doghudje
