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dc.contributor.authorMeadows, M
dc.contributor.authorForde, S
dc.contributor.authorEwart, J
dc.contributor.authorFoxwell, K
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:05:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:05:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-06-24T05:21:03Z
dc.identifier.issn1464-8849
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1464884908100599
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30963
dc.description.abstractAround four million listeners in an average week tune into community radio stations around Australia, primarily to hear local news and information - evidence of a failure by mainstream journalism to meet their diverse needs. This discussion draws from the authors' landmark national qualitative audience study of the Australian community broadcasting sector to explore the role being played by community journalism. The authors argue that journalism at the level of the local is playing a crucial role in the democratic process by fostering citizen participation in public life. This suggests a critique of mainstream journalism practices and the central place of audience research in understanding the nature of the relationships and processes involved. The authors argue that the nature of community journalism aligns it more closely with the complex 'local talk' narratives at community level that play a crucial role in creating public consciousness.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom155
dc.relation.ispartofpageto170
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournalism
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and media studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedia studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCreative and professional writing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode470107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3602
dc.titleMaking good sense: transformative processes in community journalism
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorForde, Susan R.
gro.griffith.authorFoxwell-Norton, Kerrie M.
gro.griffith.authorEwart, Jacqueline A.


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