Gaynor, Niamh and O'Brien, Anne (2014) Community Radio in Ireland: “Defeudalising” the Public Sphere? Javnost - The Public, 18 (3). pp. 23-28. ISSN 1854-8377
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Abstract
The growth in interest and research in community
radio worldwide over the last few decades is a welcome
development. While, as noted by Jankowski (2003), a fi rst
generation of research has been largely empirical in nature,
describing and analysing the organisation and operation
of stations in diff erent contexts, more recently a second
generation of work has begun to emerge which aims at
grounding empirical studies within broader theoretical
frameworks, most notably those relating to democracy
and the public sphere. The specifi c components of the
public sphere remain somewhat underdeveloped in these
studies however. This article aims to contribute to this
literature through an examination of community radio in
Ireland within a framework drawn from evolving work of
Habermas and associated deliberative, social and media
theorists. The article, drawing on a detailed study of four
community stations in Ireland, identifi es elements of community
radio which contribute towards a “defeudalisation”
of the public sphere as well as highlighting challenges in
this regard. Although situated within a specifi c context,
with Irish community radio operating within a comparable
regulatory environment to both that in Australia and the
United Kingdom, the article draws lessons of specifi c interest
to researchers and activists in these domains, as well as
off ering a framework of use to community radio researchers
interested in examining the sector’s contribution to the
re-animation of the public sphere more globally.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Community Radio; Ireland; Defeudalising; Public Sphere; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies |
Item ID: | 11846 |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13183222.2011.11009060 |
Depositing User: | Anne O'Brien |
Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2019 17:10 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Javnost - The Public |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/11846 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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