Learning to love our voice: Valuing process and product in the analysis of participatory radio for young refugees

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Anderson, H
Masocha, S
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Refugee, migrant and asylum seeker policy, along with corresponding public opinion, are becoming increasingly contentious issues in almost all Western nations. A growing body of literature points to (mainstream) media coverage as having a significant influence on the general public’s negative attitudes towards asylum seekers. It is therefore pertinent that we look to community media that actively involves refugees in its production as an important conduit by which to expand opportunities for alternative discourses on refugee and asylum seeker issues. But it is not only the output, or the product, of this media that warrants attention. It is also important to consider the impact of the actual process of producing community media for people of refugee background as individuals and as broader communities of interest. Heather Anderson and Shepard Masocha demonstrate the value of applying a product/process dual framework in the analysis of community media using the case study of a pilot participatory action research project conducted in Adelaide, Australia. The chapter analyses the pilot as an example of community media, produced for and by refugee communities, through two complementary lenses popular to alternative media analysis - one that considers the process (the participatory role of such activity) as citizens’ media, and the other focusing on product, through contribution to public sphere deliberation.

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Minorities and Media: Producers, Industries, Audiences

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Communication and media studies

Media studies

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Anderson, H; Masocha, S, Learning to love our voice: Valuing process and product in the analysis of participatory radio for young refugees, Minorities and Media: Producers, Industries, Audiences, 2017, 5, pp. 85-103

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