O'Brien, Anne
(2019)
Women in community radio: a framework of gendered participation.
Feminist Media Studies, 19 (6).
pp. 787-802.
ISSN 1468-0777
Abstract
Women’s participation in community radio is examined through a
case study of Ireland, with data gathered by survey, interviews and
a focus group. Key findings note that women are under-represented as participants in community radio, but there is little
activity within the sector to address this imbalance. Similarly,
women’s voices are absent from community airwaves but this is
framed through a limited understanding women lacking on-air
confidence. Solutions to the problem were limited to individual
stations rather than approached in a collective manner. There was
no sense of women’s voices on air being a priority issue for
stations, for the sector, nor for the national regulatory body.
With regard to content, stations largely tended to produce
“islands” of specialist women’s programmes but there was a
sense that women produced content in ways that were not normative and were explicitly linked to gender. Gendered social
structures, as well as organisational structures within community
radio, constituted further barriers to women’s equal participation
in community radio in Ireland. Finally, the presence of women as
role models, sponsors, and managers, who were relational in their
approach, was key gendered benefits that women derived from
their participation in community radio.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Additional Information: |
Cite as: Anne O’Brien (2019) Women in community radio: a framework of gendered participation, Feminist Media Studies, 19:6, 787-802, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1508051 |
| Keywords: |
Community radio; gender;
presenters; content;
participation; Motherhood Project; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies |
| Item ID: |
14122 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2018.1508051 |
| Depositing User: |
Anne O'Brien
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| Date Deposited: |
03 Mar 2021 15:04 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Feminist Media Studies |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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