"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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"Les Missions à l’époque contemporaine ont continué de se propager grâce à destechniques éditoriales que les progrès des moyens de communication leur ont procurées. En tout premier lieu, l’imprimerie a permis l’édition de la Bible dans de multiples langues et la multiplication de supp
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orts populaires et érudits. Cette suprématie de l’écrit s’est vue concurrencée ensuite par d’autres moyens de communication : radio, télévision, informatique et, aujourd’hui, Internet et réseaux sociaux. Les politiques éditoriales des Missions ont donc changé : il est temps d’en dresser un bilan, sans doute provisoire. Si lessupports du message missionnaire ont été transformés par les techniques, ce message lui-même a évolué et provoqué la mutation des modèles même de la mission. Quelques exemples significatifs de cette mutation sont présentés ici autour de deux axes : l’évolution de l’écrit, et les bouleversements dûs aux nouveaux médias." (Dos de couverture)
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"[...] De hecho, aquí se aborda no poca de la perspectiva histórica del nacimiento y desarrollo de las radios católicas en España. El medio católico no tiene otra identidad más que los presupuestos de evangelización en los que se inscribe. ¿Por qué existen radios católicas? ¿En qué medid
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a son complementarias a lo católico en la radio? Nos estamos enfrentando al problema de la identidad persuasiva: cómo conseguir un objetivo a través de la influencia que ejercen los discursos sobre los ámbitos racionales y afectivos de los demás. Nuestra reflexión sobre el añadido del contexto, una sociedad pluralista, se encuadra en el presupuesto de que no podemos pensar que existen radios católicas –entendido lo católico como iniciativa de individuos católicos– porque el sistema de radio pervierte de tal manera el medio que sólo este adjetivo es capaz de subsanar las deficiencias de lo sustantivo. La identidad no es, por tanto, excluyente, ni creadora de conflicto. Es, por naturaleza, integradora y potenciadora de las posibilidades del medio, la radio. La identidad no puede ser creadora del conflicto dentro de las organizaciones radiofónicas. La identidad se acepta como presupuesto de actuación. En este sentido, la identidad, y el ideario como texto, debe ser pedagógicamente presentado a los productores del medio. Es importante crear un clima favorable a esa personalidad. Otra cuestión es la de las formas de identidad, que nacen de la experiencia. La experiencia es un valor fundamental para el desarrollo de las formas y modos de identidad." (Descripción de la casa editora)
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"This is a comparative case study of the church-run, Radio Maria and non church-run, Radio Explorers in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The work compares and contrasts the (1) content and management of the stations, (2) the process of selection of programmes and content development, and (3) accessib
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ility. The core purpose of this intense comparison is to contribute to the further understanding of whether faith-based broadcasting or non-faith based stations offer greater community participation and sense of ownership. To achieve this goal, the study employed triangulation. A total of 200 people were interviewed for quantitative data collection. Focus group and in-depth interviews provided invaluable additional information and insights. The outcome of the research indicates that there is no substantive difference between the sense of ownership and management between the two stations. Quantitative findings were high for both. For example, 83 percent of the respondents said Radio Explorers was accessible and 75 percent said the same of Radio Maria. Qualitative responses in focus group discussions and in-depth interviews revealed similar patterns. However, findings indicate that church-run are more participatory than nonchurch run radio stations. These findings indicate that there is essentially no difference in the operations of faith-based radio stations and the non-church stations." (Abstract)
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