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Understanding the Local Media

Meryl Aldridge

Maidenhead: Open University Press (2007), 193 pp.

"Chapter 1 argues that, nevertheless, for most people, most of the time, their immediate locality is very important. Here social change and political decisions become real; it is in actual localities that people function as citizens. A local public sphere is therefore vital to democracy, however far ... short of the conditions for Habermas’s ‘ideal speech’ it falls. From this follows the thread that runs through the rest of the book: to what extent can the local media in the contemporary UK contribute to this ‘space’? Chapter 2 explains the organizational and financial architecture of the regional press. Still profitable, still popular, how is the industry dealing with the proliferation of competing media platforms and convergence of technologies? The editorial strategies developed to accommodate these pressures in the context of wider social and economic change is considered in Chapter 3, which concludes with a case study of Birmingham and its newspapers. Faced with an increasing diversity, what techniques are used to ‘imagine’ the community? Does attempting to address everyone push human interest topics into the foreground at the expense of information and debate? Chapter 4 reviews the rapidly changing regulatory framework for regional broadcasting. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is being cast as the main player, but it is questionable whether it can devote extensive additional resources to news-gathering, given that its status and funding is legitimated by its nationwide responsibilities. Regional news on television is very popular with audiences, but they are not wholly satisfied with it. Chapter 5 argues that current analogue television regions and a ‘family audience’ together produce an interpretive frame in which the affective and subjective is bound to edge out content useful to the public as citizens. Only the BBC provides an adequate local radio news service, but its potential is limited by the target audience. The nations of the UK, the subject of Chapter 6, vividly demonstrate that every aspect of media, ownership, regulation and content is highly politicized. A case study of S4C illustrates both the importance of, and difficulties in sustaining, public service broadcasting. Chapter 7 opens with a review of the vital place that local media still occupy in journalism’s mythology. Many regional journalists take special pride in their work, despite deteriorated conditions, inadequate pay levels, and increasing concerns about whether the work-force, whether in print or broadcast, is properly diverse in all its meanings. Finally, Chapter 8 considers the future of both publicly funded and commercial regional media as new communications technologies drive potentially dramatic changes in audience behaviour and sources of revenue. It concludes that, if inclusive citizenship is to be sustained, blogs, citizen journalism and community media are, as yet, no substitute for conventional media forms." (introduction, page 2-3) more

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Information and Communication Technologies and Large-Scale Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

Kitty Warnock, Ravi Wickremasinghe (eds.)

London: Panos (2005), 48 pp.

"During the last decade, development partners around the globe have gained rich experience and knowledge about the application of ICT for poverty reduction and its value for reaching the Millennium Development Goals and the goals of Poverty Reduction Strategies. But scaling up the results of success ... more

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The Role of Turkish Local Radio in the Construction of a Youth Community

Ece Algan

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 3, issue 2 (2005), pp. 75-92

"This study investigates the role of Turkish commercial local radio in the construction of a youth community in the city of Sanliurfa, which is located in the poor rural south-eastern region near the Syrian border. Through in-depth interviews with radio listeners and analysis of their interactions v ... more

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Radio in Madagascar: Roles and Missions

Marie Solange Razafimbelo-Harisoa

Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 3, issue 1 (2005), pp. 35-44

"The article examines the distinctive characteristics of radio broadcasting in Madagascar, a country with 200 private local stations and more than 15 regional stations of Malagasy National Radio (RNM). It takes note of the complete freedom of tone among news broadcasters, of the massive presence in ... more

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Local Radio Project in Viet Nam, 2000-2003

Phan Anh, Tran Nhung, Tran Nam Binh

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2004), 36 pp.

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Entre tradition orale et nouvelles technologies: òu vont les mass média au Sénégal?

Martin Taureg, Frank Wittmann (eds.)

Mainz: Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2004), 171 pp.

"Dans les démocraties africaines encore fragiles et à citoyenneté postulée, ce livre, en prenant l’exemple du Sénégal, pose la question des mass média sénégalais dans la perspective historique de leur émergence, dans leurs tiraillements ontologiques (tradition ou modernité) et dans leur ... more

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Handbuch Lokalradio: Auf Augenhöhe mit dem Hörer

Hans Paukens, Uschi Wienken (eds.)

München: Fischer (2004), 203 pp.

"Radio ist mehr als die Summe von Musik, Nachrichten und Moderation - ein gut gemachtes Radioprogramm ist persönlich und privat, es ist Emotion und Kommunikation. Erfolgreiche Radioprogramme sprechen den Hörer wirklich an und schaffen es, ihn langfristig zu binden. Die 2003 gestartete "Offensive Q ... more

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Radiokulturen und Wandel öffentlicher Räume in Benin: Ein ethnographischer Bericht

Tilo Grätz

Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (2003), 35 pp.

"Der folgende Text behandelt einige Aspekte der aktuellen Veränderung der Radiokulturen in der Republik Benin. Der Focus der Betrachtung liegt hierbei auf Gebieten, in denen das Radio das wichtigste Massenmedium darstellt. Gerade hier hat die Radiokultur durch die Einführung neuer, unabhängiger R ... more

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Radio-Kommunikation in Afrika

Jörg Becker (ed.)

Düsseldorf: DGB Bildungswerk (2002), 61 pp.

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Das Geräusch der Provinz - Radio in der Region: Festschrift 10 Jahre Thüringer Landesmedienanstalt

Patrick Rössler, Gerhard Vowe, Victor Henle (eds.)

München: kopaed (2001), 579 pp.

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African Broadcast Cultures: Radio in Transition
Inspiring Practice

Richard Fardon, Graham Furniss (eds.)

Oxford: James Currey Publishers (2000), xvi, 256 pp.

"Radio has played a pivotal role in situations of conflict, crisis, change and development on the African continent. Local radio stations are as important as international broadcasters being both the barometers and agents of change. This text examines African radio broadcast cultures." (Publisher de ... more

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Local Radio Stations, Political Transformation and the Demonopolisation of Public Communication: The Case of Radio Rurale Locale Tanguieta (Northern Benin)

Tilo Grätz

Bielefeld: University of Bielefeld (1999), 20 pp.

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Rádio no Brasil: Tendências e perspectivas

Nélia R. Del Bianco, Sônia Virgínia Moreira (eds.)

Rio de Janeiro: Universidade do Estado do Rio Janeiro;Fundação Universidade de Brasília (1999), 231 pp.

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Créer, gérer et animer une radio

Jean-Michel Brosseau

Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (1998), 158 pp.

"Créer une radio implique d'en connaître tous les enjeux, les limites et les contraintes et d'en maîtriser les contenus. Ce manuel se propose de fournir tous les éléments nécessaires à chaque étape de la construction d'un tel projet : techniques, administratifs, de mise en onde, de financeme ... more

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Radio-Report: Programme - Profile - Perspektiven

Stephan Brünjes, Ulrich Wenger

München: TR-Verlagsunion (1998), 254 pp.

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Radio pública local

Manuel Chaparro Escudero

Madrid: Fragua (1998), 296 pp.

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Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News

Bob Franklin (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (1998), xxii, 311 pp.

"The local media - local newspapers and radio, regional television, cable television and local news on the internet - represents a diverse and rapidly-changing sector of the British media landscape. Bringing together media academics, local journalists and other media professionals, this text present ... more

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