Community Radio Policies in South Asia

Preeti Raghunath is an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication (SIMC), Symbiosis International University (SIU), Pune, India. Her research work and praxis are located at the intersections of global media policies, transitional societies, human security and deliberative democracy in South Asia. She works with critical theories and their potential for emancipatory politics, and specializes in policy ethnography as a methodology in the study of media policies and policymaking.

“This book is an essential contribution to the field of media and communication studies in general and community media studies in particular. … It is excellent reference material for anyone interested in understanding policy and policymaking beyond the traditional reading of policy documents. This is a valuable addition, and it promises to be useful for students, researchers, advocates and practitioners in comprehending the complex realities of policy and policymaking in a more nuanced way.” (Aniruddha Jena, Asia Pacific Media Educator, April 8, 2021)

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Critical Media Policy and Community Media in South Asia.- Chapter 2: The Deliberative Ecology Approach to Media Policy.- Chapter 3: The Post-Colony and its Radio: ‘Imperium’ and ‘Liberation’ on air.- Chapter 4: A Glocal Public Sphere in the Waves: Principles, Policies, Performances and Practices in South Asia.- Chapter 5: Plural Voices of Policy Actors: Associational-Networked Deliberation and Potential Democratisation.- Chapter 6: Reconstructing Community Radio in South Asia: Sustainable Community Radios, Public Diplomacy, and the Right to Communicate.- Chapter 7: Reflexivity and Responses: Deliberative Sound Cultures of the Anthropocene.