dc.contributor.advisor | Forde, Susan | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Rane, Halim | |
dc.contributor.author | Youkongpun, Pisapat | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-23T02:19:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-23T02:19:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.25904/1912/2856 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365572 | |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Griffith University | |
dc.publisher.place | Brisbane | |
dc.rights.copyright | The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. | |
dc.subject.keywords | Community-based media, Thailand | |
dc.subject.keywords | Chanthaburi, Eastern Thailand | |
dc.subject.keywords | Preserving culture, Thailand | |
dc.subject.keywords | Community identity, Thailand | |
dc.title | The Role of Community-based Media in Strengthening, Preserving and Promoting Identity and Culture: A Case Study of Eastern Thailand | |
dc.type | Griffith thesis | |
dc.date.embargoEnd | 2018 | |
gro.faculty | Arts, Education and Law | |
gro.rights.copyright | The author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.identifier.gurtID | gu1500956380583 | |
gro.thesis.degreelevel | Thesis (PhD Doctorate) | |
gro.thesis.degreeprogram | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | |
gro.department | School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science | |
gro.griffith.author | Youkongpun, Pisapat | |