Understanding Community Media

Kevin Howley, Ph.D., 1997, Indiana University is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at DePauw University. Dr. Howley’s research and teaching interests include the political economy of communication, cultural politics, and the relationship between media and social movements. He is author of Community Media: People, Places, and Communication Technologies (Cambridge, 2005). His work has appeared in the Journal of Radio Studies, Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, Television and New Media, the International Journal of Cultural Studies, and Social Movement Studies. A contributing writer for The Bloomington Alternative, Dr. Howley continues to produce for community radio and public access television. His most recent project was an audio feature for Sprouts, Pacifica Radio’s weekly news magazine, titled Hard Times Come Again No More: A Tribute to Russell J. Compton (2007).

This book has a rich range of case studies that would allow students to develop a wide and varied appreciation of international contexts and media forms

• PART I. THEORETICAL ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES1. Social Solidarity and Constituency Relationships in Community Radio - Charles Fairchild2. Democratic Potential of Citizens′ Media Practices - Pantelis Vatikiotis3. Community Arts and Music, Community Media: Cultural Politics and Policy in Britain Since the 1960s - George McKay4. Collaborative Pipelines - Otto Leopold Tremetzberger5. Notes on a Theory of Community Radio - Kevin HowleyPART II. CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE6. Reimagining National Belonging With Community Radio - Mojca Plansak, Zala Volcic7. Alternative Media and the Political Public Sphere in Zimbabwe - Nkosi Ndlela8. Toronto Street News as a Counterpublic Sphere - Vanessa Parlette9. Evaluating Community Informatics as a Means for Local Democratic Renewal - Ian Goodwin10. Mapping Communication Patterns Between Romani Media and Romani NGOs in the Republic of Macedonia - Shayna PlautPART III. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHIES11. Aboriginal Internet Art and the Imagination of Community - Maria Victoria Guglietti12. Media Interventions in Racialized Communities - Tanja Dreher13. Community Collaboration in Media and Arts Activism: A Case Study - Lynette Bondarchuk, Ondine Park14. Examining the Successes and Struggles of New Zealand′s Maori TV - Rita Rahoi-Gilchrest15. Itche Kadoozy, Orthodox Representation, and the Internet as Community Media - Matt SienkiewiczPART IV. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT16. Positioning Education Within Community Media - Shawn Sobers17. Dalitbahujan Women′s Autonomous Video - Sourayan Mookerjea18. Coketown and Its Alternative Futures - Philip Denning19. Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Through Participatory Media Planning - Aku KwamiePART V. COMMUNITY MEDIA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS20. Indigenous Community Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia - Mario Alfonso Murillo21. Ethnic Community Media and Social Change: A Case in the United States - Dandan Liu22. A Participatory Model of Video Making: The Case of Colectivo Perfil Urbano - Claudia Magallanes-Blanco23. Feminist Guerrilla Video in the Twin Cities - Brian WoodmanPART VI. COMMUNICATION POLITICS24. Community Radio and Video, Social Activism, and Neoliberal Public Policy in Chile During the Transition From Dictatorship to Neoliberal Democracy - Rosalind Bresnahan25. Past, Present, and Future of the Hungarian Community Radio Movement - Gergely Gosztonyi26. Community Media Activists in Transnational Policy Arenas - Stefania Milan27. Closings and Openings: Media Restructuring and the Public Sphere - Bernadette Barker-Plummer, Dorothy Kidd28. The Rise of the Intranet Era - Sascha D. Meinrath, Victor W. PickardPART VII. LOCAL MEDIA, GLOBAL STRUGGLES29. "Asking We Walk": The Zapatista Revolution of Speaking and Listening - Fiona Jeffries30. Radio Voices Without Frontiers Global Antidiscrimination Broadcast - Elvira Truglia31. Media Activism for Global Justice - Anne Marie Todd32. The Global Turn in the Alternative Media Movement - Carlos Fontes