O'Brien, Anne and Gaynor, Niamh
(2012)
Voice of the people?
Objectives versus outcomes
for community radio in
Ireland.
The Radio Journal – International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 10 (2).
pp. 145-160.
Abstract
Research has neglected to address the question of whether practitioners and the
community groups served by community radio see it as a conduit of community
empowerment and social change. This article explores this question through in-depth
analysis of four community radio stations in Ireland. The central finding is that,
while community stations subscribe to most of the ideals of community radio, practitioners
do not generally see the stations as sites of social and political empowerment.
Moreover, this outcome is not recognized as a benefit by the communities served by
the stations. This is the case because of the policy framework, cultural traditions and
training programmes central to community radio in Ireland, the weakness of linkages
between stations and community groups and the failure of the latter to understand
the unique remit of community radio.
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