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  • Making good sense: transformative processes in community journalism

    Author(s)
    Meadows, M
    Forde, S
    Ewart, J
    Foxwell, K
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Forde, Susan R.
    Foxwell-Norton, Kerrie M.
    Meadows, Michael
    Ewart, Jacqueline A.
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    Around four million listeners in an average week tune into community radio stations around Australia, primarily to hear local news and information - evidence of a failure by mainstream journalism to meet their diverse needs. This discussion draws from the authors' landmark national qualitative audience study of the Australian community broadcasting sector to explore the role being played by community journalism. The authors argue that journalism at the level of the local is playing a crucial role in the democratic process by fostering citizen participation in public life. This suggests a critique of mainstream journalism ...
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    Around four million listeners in an average week tune into community radio stations around Australia, primarily to hear local news and information - evidence of a failure by mainstream journalism to meet their diverse needs. This discussion draws from the authors' landmark national qualitative audience study of the Australian community broadcasting sector to explore the role being played by community journalism. The authors argue that journalism at the level of the local is playing a crucial role in the democratic process by fostering citizen participation in public life. This suggests a critique of mainstream journalism practices and the central place of audience research in understanding the nature of the relationships and processes involved. The authors argue that the nature of community journalism aligns it more closely with the complex 'local talk' narratives at community level that play a crucial role in creating public consciousness.
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    Journal Title
    Journalism
    Volume
    10
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884908100599
    Subject
    Media Studies
    Journalism and Professional Writing
    Communication and Media Studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30963
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