"In den wenigen Forschungsberichten, die bislang verfügbar sind, ist so gut wie nichts nachzulesen über die Hintergründe und die Motive der Nutzer, die in den Offenen Kanälen ihr Programm gestalten. Noch weniger ist zu erfahren über das, was diese aktiven Nutzer bei der Fernseharbeit lernen kö
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nnen. Auch ihre Veröffentlichungsinteressen blieben bislang unbekannt, und der Ertrag für sie selbst aus dieser zeitintensiven und ehrenamtlich erbrachten Arbeit spielte – wenn überhaupt – eine ganz nebensächliche Rolle. In diesem Buch steht dieser Ertrag im Zentrum. Sein Spektrum ist weit: Von Bildungszugewinn in den Bereichen der Medienkompetenz, der sozialen Kompetenz, der Entscheidungskompetenz über Bewusstseinsstärkung und Erwachsenwerden bis hin zu praktischer Lebenshilfe und Familienersatz." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Dem Lokaljournalismus geht es nicht gut. Verlage kämpfen seit Jahren mit Anzeigenverlusten, die Arbeitsbelastung nimmt kontinuierlich zu, immer mehr Redaktionen werden dichtgemacht. Dabei ist gerade Lokaljournalismus wichtig für unsere Demokratie. Community-Journalismus kann ein Weg raus aus dies
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em Dilemma sein. Kleine, unabhängige Lokalredaktionen, die ihre Inhalte zusammen mit der Community entwickeln, wieder auf die Menschen zugehen und sie einladen, ihre unmittelbare Umgebung mitzugestalten. Wie können wir die Community in unsere Recherchen einbinden? Wie bringen wir die Menschen dazu, uns auch finanziell zu unterstützen? Wie sieht ein diversifiziertes Geschäftsmodell aus? Und warum ist Marketing so wichtig für den Erfolg? Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantwortet dieses Buch, ergänzt durch Tipps und Best-Practice-Beispiele der Pioniere der Branche. Aufgaben am Ende jedes Kapitels bringen Gründende außerdem Schritt für Schritt ihrem Ziel näher, mittel- und langfristig erfolgreich zu sein." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Desde DW Akademie llevamos años explorando metodologías experimentales, colaborativas y participativas en una clara apuesta por marcar una novedosa hoja de ruta en los medios que fomente la participación de las audiencias para entablar un diálogo constructivo. Un buen ejemplo de ello es el trab
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ajo desarrollado en América Latina reflejado en los proyectos que se describen en esta publicación, caracterizados por su afán experimental y entendidos como procesos en espiral que se retroalimentan, se autoevalúan y se perfeccionan constantemente. Por lo tanto, los cuatro proyectos que se describen a continuación no están pensados para ser replicados o aplicados en cada uno de sus pasos, sino que quieren servir de inspiración para que otras organizaciones o medios de comunicación los integren en la medida que consideren oportuna en sus propios procesos de creación." (Prólogo)
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"This study has been conducted at Radio Maria Rwanda (RMR) for establishing different challenges related to the management of volunteers at RMR, from recruitment to their retention. The study assessed how volunteers are recruited at RMR, what motivated them to volunteer at this radio station, how th
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eir recruitment process influenced their motivation and the challenges that they faced while they worked at RMR. The descriptive research design adopted both qualitative and quantitative approaches of data collection from a sample comprising 91 volunteers and 4 staff members of RMR. The data collected were analysed by SPSS and Nvivo software. The findings of the study reveal that the process of volunteer’s recruitment and retention at RMR was characterised by several challenges which required strong strategies to overcome them, such as ineffective communication of volunteering needs at this radio station, insufficient documents on the daily management of volunteers, a high number of unemployed volunteers linked to their ineffective identification and selection, insufficient equipment, lack of regular training and evaluation, etc. The study concludes that several people responded to the call of volunteering at RMR but this radio station necessitated more improvements to strengthen its strategies of volunteers’ management for being more efficient and productive. The study recommends that RMR should redefine its internal strategies of volunteers’ identification, screening and selection as well as their regular evaluation, training, equipment and communicating effectively with them." (Abstract)
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"En esta guía para periodistas amazónicos proponemos aproximarnos al cubrimiento periodístico desde el enfoque de los conflictos socio-ambientales porque permite entender su complejidad, e ir más allá del problema ambiental." (Presentación)
"Traditional notions of journalism focus exclusively on professionals, often embedded in media outlets and publishing houses. However, preceding decades have seen transformations in the understanding of journalism. This contribution sets out to explore the role of community media in working towards
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the recognition of participatory, not-for-profit journalism, more diverse discourses and enhanced participation, especially in relation to minorities. This research draws on policy documents at the European level, reports from European projects with community media involvement as well as on interviews with community media activists and journalists. As a result, we can show strategies of bringing peripheral actors to the centre by using community media based on access and participation, social inclusion, giving a voice and media literacy development. The study proposes a model of the role of community media in shifting peripheral actors to more central positions." (Abstract)
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"This guide will offer a range of tools and methods that can be used to promote a more inclusive form of journalism and storytelling, with marginalised groups and individuals. It’s based on over half a decade of experience and making award-winning, high-impact content in collaboration with reporte
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rs from marginalised communities all over the world - from garment workers in Bangladesh and people living with dementia in the UK, to quarantined villages covering the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. This isn’t intended as a definitive guide. Every context will have its own unique challenges and every organisation will have its own workflows, outputs and audiences. This is an introduction to a framework to make journalism inclusive and empowering and borrows heavily from lessons learned from community organising, service design and the humanitarian sector." (Page 3)
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"The increasing commercialisation of community radio in Canada, evident in changing station practices and regulatory policies, has resulted in the erosion of volunteer run governance and programming. This article draws on community media, anti-oppression, and third-sector studies literature to inves
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tigate the experiences of volunteers from two stations, CHRY in Toronto and Radio Centre-Ville in Montréal. Current Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulations define community radio ‘by virtue of its place in the communities served.’ This article concludes that reducing the engagement and empowerment of volunteers in community radio programming and governance limits the place of community radio in the community. The authors will also identify best practices that are needed to re-centre community radio within the community while ensuring a sustainable non-profit community broadcasting sector." (Abstract)
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"A small, local-level communication initiative aimed to bring about social change and development in communities affected by sustained conflict in Mindanao, Philippines. A realist evaluation involved a secondary analysis of existing data sets that revealed previously undetected mechanisms and 13 out
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comes for improving dialogue, livelihood, and participatory communication. This article describes the method developed for the realist evaluation and constructs Context-Mechanism-Outcome configurations from the existing data sets. The realist evaluation represents what took place in a context characterized by conflict, disadvantage and disempowerment through 2 key mechanisms, community-Centered radio and community radio volunteers. Both mechanisms became voices for the voiceless. The community-Centered radio program supported community volunteers to mobilize communities to participate in radio segments, offering opportunities for their voices to be heard on local issues resulting in discussion, provision of services not previously offered, community leaders more responsive to community needs, and coordinated community action that resolved needs." (Abstract)
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"La radio es el medio de comunicación que mayor visibilidad puede dar a los colectivos en situación de exclusión social, y es también una herramienta que motiva la participación y contribuye al desarrollo integral de muchas personas, entre ellas, las que presentan alguna discapacidad intelectua
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l o del desarrollo. En este trabajo se ha llevado a cabo una revisión y actualización de la base de datos de talleres de radio para personas con DI actualmente activos en España, a fecha de 2017, a través de los dos principales colectivos que representan a estas personas: la Confederación Española de Organizaciones a favor de las Personas con Discapacidad Intelectual (FEAPS) –hoy Plena inclusión–, plataforma que integra más de 800 asociaciones en todo el país, e incorporando la oferta de los talleres de la Confederación Española de Federaciones y Asociaciones de Atención a las personas con Parálisis Cerebral y Afines (Confederación ASPACE), que agrupa a unas 80 entidades en 17 comunidades autónomas. El resultado ofrece una foto fija de la estructura, funcionamiento y características de 53 proyectos radiofónicos en los que participan cerca de 500 personas con discapacidad intelectual." (Resumen)
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"Digital technologies and big data are rapidly transforming humanitarian crisis response and changing the traditional roles and powers of its actors. This article looks at a particular aspect of this transformation—the appearance of digital volunteer networks—and explores their potential to act
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as a new source for media coverage, in addition to their already established role as emergency response supporters. I argue that digital humanitarians can offer a unique combination of speed and safe access, while escaping some of the traditional constraints of the aid-media relationship and exceeding the conventional conceptualizations of citizen journalism. Journalists can find both challenges and opportunities in the environment where multiple crisis actors are assuming some of the media roles. The article draws on interviews with humanitarian organizations, journalists, and digital volunteer networks about their understanding of digital humanitarian communication and its significance for media coverage of crises." (Abstract)
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"Sector income has increased significantly since the last census was conducted in 2011-2012. Community radio stations collectively generated $103,533,154, including CBF grants, in the 2015-2016 financial year. This represents an increase of 41%, or $30,143,206, over the last four years. While it is
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important to note that the inclusion of 57 temporary community broadcast license holders in the sample has contributed to the increase in total income generated by the sector, as these stations reported significantly lower average income per station than permanent community broadcast license holders the effect is not significant. Income growth was strongest across regional and metropolitan stations, with these stations reporting total income 84% and 47% higher than four years ago respectively. Rural stations also grew, while suburban stations reported income lower than in 2011-2012. Youth stations experienced the most significant growth since the last Census, with income growing by 125% between 2011-2012 and 2015-2016. Significant increases in total income were also reported by religious stations, who reported income 82% higher than in 2011-2012." (Page 8)
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"[...] The CBS Radio 95.3 MHz in Buea with the support of the CPS Programme in Cameroon, developed a training curriculum for voluntary programme producers to enable local communities and individuals to produce new radio programmes and guide them in their learning-bydoing process and practical acquis
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ition of skills [...] The first workshop for new VEBs was essential for the CBS Radio 95.3 MHz in Buea to motivate community members and community leaders to take ownership of the CBS Radio in Buea as their local community station and experience CBS Radio as a way to communicate with the local population. The workshop motivated community members to produce new programmes including a series on the “co-habitation syndrome” and women rights, family and social counselling, HIV/ AIDS prevention, a programme on the local archives and documentation centre and a programme for students of the University of Buea [...] In conclusion, community-based media face several challenges ranging from lack of financial resources or training capacities to infrastructural problems. Nevertheless, providing a structured introduction to the production of radio programmes benefits the volunteers and the radios through increased commitment and ownership of the communities for the radio station, building a diverse programme structure and thereby contributing to a diverse public sphere, ensuring the building of critical media competences among communities, which usually are not represented in the media." (Pages 33, 40, 42)
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"The book contains profiles of 12 women between the ages of 18 and 26 that were selected to follow a 3-month journalism fellowship and work at community radio stations. The program was designed and implemented by Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) in cooperation with 11 comm
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unity radio stations across Bangladesh and supported by Free Press Unlimited. During the fellowship the women received training and mentoring and afterward started reporting and producing programs and articles reflecting the problems and everyday life of women, children, disadvantaged groups and poor from rural and remote areas [...] Though this program the fellows have not only developed their personal and professional skills. 10 out of the 12 fellows are already employed in media, and some have even become station managers." (Preface)
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"Drawing upon feminism and participatory communication, this research has used multiple methods to explore the rich and innovative experiences of the women’s radio stations in Senegal. The case of Gindiku FM, one of the four women’s radio stations in Senegal, is used to assess the community radi
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o’s revolutionary potential for development and progressive social change. The findings show that women’s community radio has emerged as a response to women’s marginalization in both mainstream media and in alternative community media, as well as to women’s need to have their own communication means. The findings reveal that Gindiku FM is an outstanding model of a women’s community radio station that has successfully articulated gender and participatory communication to empower rural and poor women living in a context dominated by a Sufy Islamic Order. The findings show that three key factors have contributed to the success of Gindiku FM. The first factor is a clear commitment to integrating a gender perspective in all of their actions and therefore to question gender-based discrimination and marginalization. The second factor is the set-up of a network of 60 rural women reporters and 60 listening groups, in as many villages, as a scheme to ensure women’s inclusion and participation in the radio station. The third factor is the implementation of gendered programming targeting inequality, social injustices, and women’s subordination. The findings of this study indicate that Gindiku FM has produced changes both at individual and community levels. Women have been empowered technically, culturally and socially. The traditional image of a silenced woman, lacking agency and self-esteem, is fading for a new one that is more vocal, dynamic and less entrenched in traditional and patriarchal values. Therefore, Gindiku FM has emerged as a powerful model that can inspire women’s media activists, as well as donors willing to support initiatives in gender and communication for development." (Abstract)
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"Esta guía te ayudará a tener más conocimientos sobre la comunicación popular y la radio comunitaria, para que cada vez se escuchen y difundan más nuestras voces. Aquí encontrarás ejercicios y actividades para que conozcas y practiques con las herramientas básicas de la radio, partiendo de u
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n análisis de la realidad con perspectiva de género. Si usas la guía de principio a fin cumpliendo con todos los ejercicios, tendrás una vasta colección de producción radiofónica, y tu siguiente tarea será buscar dónde transmitirla. Porque no se trata de producir y dejarlo todo guardado en las grabadoras, las computadoras o en un cajón. Acerquémonos a la radio de nuestra comunidad o de la comunidad vecina y ¡animémonos a participar en ella! En esta guía no trataremos el aspecto técnico de cómo funciona o se equipa una radio, que aunque vemos importante y necesario conocer, y sobre todo que más mujeres participen en estos trabajos creemos que un primer buen paso es enfocarse en la producción para tener una base firme, establecer un grupo de trabajo y una rutina de producción, y así en muy poquito tiempo y con recursos mínimos comenzar a sacar sus voces al aire." (Introducción)
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"A collection of debate and report articles on community media and community communication, this book presents experiences, thoughts and forethoughts from Cyprus, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia and Nigeria. In the first section of the book are found studies of the practice and impact of community media, esp
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ecially community radio, in Ghanaian and Kenyan communities. The second section presents thoughts on how community media might better serve communities, democracy and development. The third section of the book, that is the forethoughts, focuses on the foreseen or preferred structure, role, funding and management of community radio in Nigeria – a country that is yet to have community radio. In that rather oracular section, contributors look into the future quite counterfactually, imagining and painting the envisioned character of community radio when the Nigerian government finally permits its establishment. The studies and discussions in this book potentially advance the conversations on the role of community media in promoting democracy and development as they affirm, modify or confute some of the known assumptions on the subject." (https://imesoimeso.org)
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"This edited collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary contextualisation of amateur media before and after Web 2.0. Surveying the institutional, economic and legal construction of the amateur media producer via a series of case studies, it features contributions from experts in the fields
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of law, economics and media studies. Each section of the book contains a detailed case study on a selected topic, followed by two further pieces providing additional analysis and commentary. Using an extraordinary array of case studies and examples, from YouTube to online games, from subtitling communities to reality TV, the book is neither a celebration of amateur production nor a denunciation of the demise of professional media industries. Rather, this book presents a critical dialogue across law and the humanities, exploring the dynamic tensions and interdependencies between amateur and professional creative production." (Publisher description)
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"ERBOL, con el apoyo de Ibis Dinamarca, organizó un intercambio de periodistas de sus radios asociadas para que cumplan un objetivo subrayado: conocer otras regiones, reconocerse en aquellas otras personas y hacer conocer a sus audiencias que esos otros y esas otras son igales como seres humanos, p
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ero diferentes como seres culturales. Bajo esta premisa, los periodistas viajaron y permanecieron durante 15 días en lugares muy diferentes o extremos a sus regiones habituales [...] He aquí los testimonios de cada uno de los periodistas, que cumplieron esta interesante experiencia profesional y personal, a partir de sus particularidades culturales y su sentimiento de bolivianidad. He quí su visión de país después del intercambio, en realidad, luego de haber superado el prejuicio de lo desconocido." (Presentación)
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