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  • No more ‘voices from down south’: Parallel voices in remote Queensland Indigenous communities

    Author(s)
    Watson, Ian
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Watson, Ian G.
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    This study examines the interaction between audience and producer in the production of local content by Indigenous radio stations in remote areas of far north Queensland, Australia. In the past three years, these stations have changed from being primarily carriers of content from Indigenous and non-Indigenous radio networks in other parts of Australia (from media organizations located ‘down south’ in major cities) to a network of stations broadcasting their own locally relevant and culturally specific programming 24 hours a day. Qualitative research, including participant observation of community broadcasters, reveals high ...
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    This study examines the interaction between audience and producer in the production of local content by Indigenous radio stations in remote areas of far north Queensland, Australia. In the past three years, these stations have changed from being primarily carriers of content from Indigenous and non-Indigenous radio networks in other parts of Australia (from media organizations located ‘down south’ in major cities) to a network of stations broadcasting their own locally relevant and culturally specific programming 24 hours a day. Qualitative research, including participant observation of community broadcasters, reveals high levels of active audience engagement with local broadcasting, with content that is ‘hyper-local’ valued more than content produced outside of the community. Underpinning the engagement with radio in these communities is the accessibility of local producers and the ability of community members to have input into local content.
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    Journal Title
    The Radio Journal
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1386/rjao.14.1.137_1
    Subject
    Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified
    Film, Television and Digital Media
    Journalism and Professional Writing
    Communication and Media Studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/142577
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