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Knowledge, attitude, and practices of listeners towards community radio's development programs in New Corella, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Journal of Development Communication, volume 35, issue 1 (2024), pp. 69-78
"Despite the assertion that radio is a dying medium due to technological advances, community radio has proven its resilience and relevance as an essential tool for development communication. Launched in 2020, the community FM radio in New Corella, Davao del Norte, has been instrumental in reaching t
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Community Radio Acceptance in Rural Africa: The Nexus of Language and Cultural Affinity
Information Development, volume 39, issue 3 (2023), pp. 567-580
"Community radio has gained traction with the grassroots in South Africa, especially subaltern groups excluded from the public sphere during the colonial and apartheid years. This paper argues that rural audience acceptance of and participation in community radio is closely associated with indigenou
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‘Just Like Us’: Community Radio Broadcasters and the On-Air Performance of Community Identity
Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2022), pp. 581-594
"While community media audiences and broadcasters have themselves been the subject of research, how a sense of community identity is created through content production is less understood. This article details a critical discourse analysis of programming from ten different community radio stations wi
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Low-Data Mobile Apps: Latest Innovation Frontier for Community Radio Stations in Rwanda
3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, issue 10 (2020), pp. 7-23
"This paper examines the motivation of audiences to participate in the programming of community radio; the readiness of community radio stations’ management and their audiences to embrace mobile applications; whether Rwanda is a conducive environment for the deployment of mobile applications in co
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‘Meaningful Participation’: Exploring the Value of Limited Participation for Community Radio Listeners
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 17, issue 2 (2019), pp. 253-270
"Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run count
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Community Radio National Listener Survey: Summary Report of Findings
Crows Nest: McNair Ingenuity Research; Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) (2017), 49 pp.
"Overall, three quarters (72%) of Australians aged 15 years and over are aware of community radio. Since 2012, this survey has also asked survey respondents which individual community radio stations they had heard of, providing the ability to verify the stated awareness with specific station example
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Exploring the Link Between Community Radio and the Community: A Study of Audience Participation in Alternative Media Practices
Communication, Culture & Critique, volume 10, issue 1 (2017), pp. 112-130
"Most alternative media research has examined media content and the production process, largely ignoring another important component: the audiences of alternative media. To narrow this gap, this study investigates audience participation in one alternative media outlet: community radio. Case studies
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Kenyan Community Radio: Players, Production Processes and Participation
Bayreuth: University of Bayreuth, Doctoral Thesis (2017), ix, 311 pp.
"Community broadcasting is known as the third tier of broadcasting, occupying the space between commercial and state broadcasters. In Kenya, this sector has been active only since 2004. Despite its recognised value in other contexts across the globe, community broadcasting is still struggling to fin
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"The Prove It toolkit is a resource for community radio stations to enable them to conduct their own audience research. It provides stations with the information and expertise to both measure their audience listener figures and assess the impact that they are having on their community of listeners."
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Hearing Community Radio Listeners: A Storytelling Approach for Community Media Audience Research
Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 12, issue 2 (2015), pp. 121-146
"This article draws on the first extensive study of community radio audiences in the Middle East to contribute new insights about documenting the impacts of community radio, and the evaluative mechanisms that should be in place for non-profit, community media to better fulfill their mission to serve
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Community Radio as a Tool for Development: A Case Study of Community Radio Stations in Malawi
Leicester: University of Leicester, Doctoral Thesis (2015), xv, 342 pp.
"The thesis investigates community radio as a tool for development drawing on case studies of Nkhotakota and Mzimba community radio stations in Malawi. The thesis employs communication for development and ‘another’ development theories to help understand the role of community radio in developmen
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South Sudan Community Radio Audience Feedback Study 2012-2013: A Qualitative Analysis of the Opinions and Information Needs of Listeners in Leer, Malaulkon, Turalei and Nasir
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2013), 30 pp.
Promoting Awareness of Women’s Human Rights Through Community Radio Listening and Media in Kenya: Evaluation Report
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) (2012), 17 pp.
"The project [...] was implemented in Kenya by the Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) from September 2008 to January 2011 [...] The project’s overarching goal is to promote women’s human rights by raising awareness in six communities in Kenya and strengthening social action using commun
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The Dimitra Community Listeners' Clubs on the Move
Dimitra Newsletter, issue 22 (2012), pp. 3-10
"In Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the rate at which listeners’ clubs are being formed and the fact that the approach is now being reproduced in various settings are indications of the success of this strategy and the extent to which it is proving sustainable. In South Kivu, for
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Measuring Community Radio Audiences
In: Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings
Braga: University of Minho, Communication and Society Research Centre (2012), pp. 377-386
"This paper will use the example of the approach taken by UK Community Radio station, 'Future Radio' to obtain both quantitative data primarily through street surveys and qualitative data through on-line questionnaires, exploring why the station felt such research to be both necessary and beneficial
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Practical Community Radio Audience Measurement
In: Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century
Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), pp. 347-366
"For community radio stations, one important gauge of relevance is the Popularity of their programming outputs, as without evidence of this it is difficult to justify providing access to scarce broadcast frequency resources. In part, the popularity ofprogramming outputs can be assessed through varia
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Desde la experiencia al saber: Sistematización de las experiencias en investigación de audiencias de ALER
Quito: Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER) (2012), 45 pp.
"Analiza el diseño, los métodos de investigación aplicados y la relevancia práctica de 23 encuestas de audiencia y estudios de evaluación realizados por la ALER entre 1981 y 2008." (commbox)
Les clubs d'écoute communautaires: Un tremplin pour l'action en milieu rural
Key Guides
Bruxelles: FAO Dimitra (2011), 56 pp.
"Cette publication fait le récit de l’expérience unique des clubs d’écoute communautaires mis en place au Niger et en République démocratique du Congo par la FAO-Dimitra et ses partenaires. Mécanismes d’information et de communication centrés sur l’action, ces clubs ont remporté un s
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Pamoja FM – The voice of Kibera. How young Kenyan adults in Kibera perceive the local urban community radio and how it influences the community
Linnaeus University (2011), 59 pp.
"In Kibera, the biggest slum area in Nairobi and in whole East Africa, the urban slum community radio station Pamoja FM only works for the citizens living within Kibera. We aimed to find out how the youth in Kibera perceive the efficacy of the radio station as a viable source of news and information
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