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dc.contributor.advisorForde, Susan
dc.contributor.advisorRane, Halim
dc.contributor.authorYoukongpun, Pisapat
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:19:48Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:19:48Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/2856
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365572
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyses the role of community-based media in the Riverside community, an old and scenic location in Chanthaburi, Eastern Thailand. After being razed by conflagration and flood, the community has been regenerated by promoting itself as a cultural tourism destination. This community has started to produce its own media, and to use a wide range of media to promote itself to the nation. This study aims to test the various nuances to Habermas’s (1989) concept of the single public sphere represented by the dominant mass media. While the mainstream media act decisively in dealing with issues relating to subordinated groups in every part of the world, community-based media are already deeply implicated in representing the multiple public spheres, which are more preferable in a community environment. Community media are community resources to disseminate highly local community matters and interests. One hundred face-to-face survey participants from a community of one hundred households provide a distinctive research result which thoroughly represents the Riverside community residents and their thoughts on community-based media in their community. By exploring the role of locally produced community media, this study explains the roles the media play in community identity reinforcement, identity promotion, and also community transformation in the Thai public sphere.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity-based media, Thailand
dc.subject.keywordsChanthaburi, Eastern Thailand
dc.subject.keywordsPreserving culture, Thailand
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity identity, Thailand
dc.titleThe Role of Community-based Media in Strengthening, Preserving and Promoting Identity and Culture: A Case Study of Eastern Thailand
dc.typeGriffith thesis
dc.date.embargoEnd2018
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1500956380583
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentSchool of Humanities, Languages and Social Science
gro.griffith.authorYoukongpun, Pisapat


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