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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 …