Community Media, Sustainability and Crisis : Lessons from Covid and Beyond.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baoill, Andrew O, editor.

Scifo, Salvatore, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local mass media.

Mass media in community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book examines how community media responds when existing structures and normal expectations are upended, across a global set of perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK) 1. A sustainability evaluation model from and for the South: Measuring resilience in the Spanish alternative media system Alejandro Barranquero (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain) 2. Tactics and Strategy: the Urbana Indymedia model Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) 3. The power of - and the need for - community, ushering in the age of community - and of community media Birgitte Jallov (Empowerhouse, Denmark) 4. "It saved my life...": The impact of community radio on the emotional and social well-being of listeners and volunteers in the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic Freya Hodgson (UK) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK) 5. Beyond Survival: Reimagining Sustainability in Community Radio in India Vinod Pavarala (University of Hyderabad, India) and Kanchan K. Malik (University of Hyderabad, India) 6. Historicizing the Received Tradition of Community Media James (Jay) F. Hamilton (University of Georgia, USA) 7. Community Media 4 Kenya: Sustainable development through transformative learning and community/university partnerships Peter Day (Brighton University, UK), Jerry Agalo (Rongo University, Kenya), and Isabel Zattu (Kibabii University, Kenya) 8. 'The old mob use the old ways, but the new mob use YouTube': Consolidating legacy and building sustainability for Australian Indigenous community broadcasting in the digital age Susan Forde (Griffith University, Australia), Debbie Bargallie (University of Queensland, Australia), Heather Anderson (Griffith University, Australia), Troy Meston (Charles Sturt University, Australia), and Harry Van Issum (Griffith University, Australia) 9. Community radio: A new paradigm of social communication in Mexico and Latin America Graciela Martínez Matías (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico) 10. The political economy of community radio in Nigeria: Issues, challenges, and prospects for Agba community radio Roselyn Vona Doghudje (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Index About the Contributors

ISBN:

979-88-8184-282-6

979-88-8185-552-9

1-5381-8156-8

9781538181560

OCLC:

1561169507