COMMUNITY MEDIA: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; ED. BY LINDA K. FULLER

drawing On Both Theoretical And Practical Case Studies, community Media Moves From Developing Attempts At Local Media To Case Studies And On To Cyber-examples. Alphabetically, Its More Than Two Dozen Cases Include Reports On The Asian Pacific Region, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Ghana, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latin America, Lebanon, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, The United Kingdom, The United States, As Well As A Number Of Other Perspectives And (virtual) Visions. The Contributors, All Distinguished International Communications Scholars, Present A Range Of Perspectives On The Ever-burgeoning Area Of Grassroots, Local Media By The People, For The People, Their Research Representing Participant Observation, Hands-on Community Involvement, Serving On International Boards Of Directors, Content Analysis, And Ethical Inquiries. It Will Appeal To A Range Of Academic Disciplines, Community Media Groups, And The Thousands Of People Who Work In Their Local Cable Television Centers To Provide An Alternative Voice To Mainstream Media. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 I: Aboriginal/Indigenous Experiences......Page 34 1 Remote Beginnings, Metropolitan Developments: Community and Indigenous Television in Australia......Page 36 2 (re)Coloring the Public Broadcasting System in Canada: A Case Study of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network......Page 46 3 Community Radio and Development: Tribal Audiences in South India......Page 58 4 Media as Constructor of Ethnic Minority Identity: A Native American Case Study......Page 70 II: Current Case Studies......Page 82 5 Use of Television as a Community Media by Farmers in Bangladesh......Page 84 6 Restricted Opportunities for Community Broadcasting in Belgium......Page 92 7 Video-Identity: Images and Sounds of Citizenship Construction in Brazil......Page 104 8 Implications of Globalization for Community Broadcasting in Ghana......Page 116 9 Vox Populi or Lonely Voices in the Wasteland of the Ionosphere: The Case of Israeli Community Television......Page 126 10 Asian Models of Community Communication, With Kazakhstan as a Case Study......Page 138 11 Top-Down Community Media: A Participant Observation from Singapore......Page 144 12 Television to Save a Language and a Culture: The Basque Case......Page 154 13 The Power of Participatory Community: Lessons Learned from Bangkokian Experience......Page 166 14 Civic Adventure in Turkey: Creation and Evolution of TOSAM and the “Radio Democracy” Project......Page 176 III: Virtual Community Visions......Page 188 15 The Architectures of Cyberdating: Personal Advertisement Photography and the Unworking of Community......Page 190 16 “Free Speech” and U.S. Public Access Producers......Page 200 17 Call Me Impure: Myths and Paradigms of Participatory Communication......Page 212 18 The People’s Communication Charter: Global Communications and People’s Rights......Page 224 19 Multitheoretical Approaches to Community Media: Capturing Specificity and Diversity......Page 234 20 Conceptualizing Community: Implications for Policymaking in a Cyberage......Page 252 About the Contributors......Page 264 C......Page 270 I......Page 271 S......Page 272 Z......Page 273 Drawing on case studies, this collection offers international perspectives on how community media serves their audiences. The contributors present perspectives on the ever-burgeoning area of grassroots. Their research represents participant observation, hands-on community involvement, boards of directors, content analysis, and ethical inquiries. Drawing on both theoretical and practical case studies, this collection moves from developing attempts at local media to case studies and on to cyber-examples. The contributors, all distinguished international communications scholars, present a range of perspectives on the ever-burgeoning area of grassroots, local media Offers perspectives on how community media serves their audiences. This work presents perspectives on the area of grassroots, local media by the people, for the people, their research representing participant observation, hands-on community involvement, serving on international boards of directors, content analysis, and ethical inquiries