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Remote Audiences Beyond 2000 : Radio, Everyday Life And Development In South India, Thomas J. Yesudhasan
Remote Audiences Beyond 2000 : Radio, Everyday Life And Development In South India, Thomas J. Yesudhasan
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The core of this thesis is that radio remains an important communication tool for tribal communities living In remote hill areas of South India. Some of the more salient findings relate to media uses and preferences ot people, suggesting that sophisticated negotiations take place between audiences and media. These Include suspicion of television and its impact upon work practices and education, the organization of time and space to accommodate radio and television Into people's busy daily lives, and the recognition that radio may be a more Innovative medium than television. These conclusions have been reached from an In- depth qualitative …
Radio, Community And The Public : Community Radio In Western Australia, Bob Hope-Hume
Radio, Community And The Public : Community Radio In Western Australia, Bob Hope-Hume
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This thesis examines community radio in Western Australia and its relationship to "the public sphere". The public sphere is that field in which private. persons interact with other private. persons and in so doing construct a 11public". Public opinion is formed through this interaction in the public sphere. The media provide a major part of that interaction. Moreover, the media determine which voices are privileged within the communicative sphere. Drawing from Jurgen Habennas I explore theories of the public sphere arguing that community radio constructs a new form of public sphere in contemporary culture. I explore notions of democratic radio …
Beyond Bond: Broadcasting Policy And Commercial Radio In Regional Western Australia, Stephen Turner
Beyond Bond: Broadcasting Policy And Commercial Radio In Regional Western Australia, Stephen Turner
Theses : Honours
The introduction and expansion of FM radio broadcasting services in Australia was a long, difficult process, marked by planning and policy blunders. Attesting this fact, two regional cities in Western Australia have experienced a lack of adequate and comprehensive commercial broadcasting services. The city of Geraldton has an oversupply of commercial radio services, leading to poor quality programming. The similarly sized city of Bunbury is not serviced by commercial FM radio at all, due to an error in planning television services in the early 1960s. The intention of the study is to examine the policy paradigms which evolved from the …