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- ISBN 9781841502755
- Weight: 318g
- Dimensions: 178 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2010
- Publisher: Intellect
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The audience-producer boundary has collapsed in indigenous and ethnic community broadcasting, and this is the first comprehensive study globally to chart the rise of its new relationship. Based on studies of radio and television audiences in Australia, the authors argue that community radio and television worldwide represents an essential service for indigenous and ethnic audiences, empowering them at various levels, fostering ‘active citizenry’ and enhancing the processes of democracy. The authors, former journalists, spent months on the road, travelling tens of thousands of kilometers from urban centres to the most remote regions of the Central Desert to ask why they engage with and adapt local broadcast media. They draw on two decades of primary research material taken from face-to-face interviews and focus-group discussions with audiences. Consequently, Developing Dialogues offers international researchers a new social, cultural and historical perspective on the emergence of the unique Australian community broadcasting sector within the context of other global trends. It will appeal to scholars of media and cultural studies, as well as to industry practitioners and policy makers.
Susan Forde is a senior lecturer in journalism in the School of Humanities; Kerrie Foxwell is associate lecturer in media, communication, and youth studies; and Michael Meadows is associate professor of journalism in the School of Humanities, all at Griffith University in Australia.
