The Power of Global Community Media

Drawing on both theoretical and practical case studies, this collection moves from developing attempts at local media to case studies and on to cyber-examples. The contributors, all distinguished international communications scholars, present a range of p

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The Power of Global Community Media Edited by

Linda K. Fuller

THE POWER OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY MEDIA

Copyright © Linda K. Fuller, 2007. All rights reserved. First published in hardcover in 2007 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States - a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-0-230-33832-6 ISBN 978-1-137-01625-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-01625-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Community media : international perspectives / edited by Linda K. Fuller. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Local mass media. 2. Communication, International. I. Fuller, Linda K. P96.L62C665 2007 302.23—dc22

2007060509

A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First PALGRAVE MACMILLAN paperback edition: December 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Transferred to Digital Printing in 2012

To my fellow volunteers at Wilbraham Public Access Little Red Schoolhouse Wilbraham, Massachusetts

Contents

List of Illustrations

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Preface to the Paperback Edition

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction Linda K. Fuller

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I Aboriginal/Indigenous Experiences 1 Remote Beginnings, Metropolitan Developments: Community and Indigenous Television in Australia Elinor Rennie 2 (re)Coloring the Public Broadcasting System in Canada: A Case Study of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Lorna Roth

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3 Community Radio and Development: Tribal Audiences in South India Yesudhasan Thomas Jayaprakash and Brian Shoesmith

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4 Media as Constructor of Ethnic Minority Identity: A Native American Case Study Ritva Levo-Henriksson

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II Current Case Studies 5 Use of Television as a Community Media by Farmers in Bangladesh M. Abul Kashem

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6 Restricted Opportunities for Community Broadcasting in Belgium Frieda Saeys and Tomas Coppens

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7 Video-Identity: Images and Sounds of Citizenship Construction in Brazil Rogério Santana Lourenco

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8 Implications of Globalization for Community Broadcasting in Ghana Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh

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9 Vox Populi or Lonely Voices in the Wasteland of the Ionosphere: The Case of Israeli Community Television Hillel Nossek

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10 Asian Models of Community Communication, With Kazakhstan as a Case Study Saule Barlybaeva and Alma I. Rusetmova

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11 Top-Down Community Media: A Participant Observation from Singapore Linda K. Fuller

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12 Television to Save a Language and a Culture: The Basque Case Carmelo Garitaonandía and Miguel Angel Casado

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