Developing Dialogues
Indigenous and Ethnic Community Broadcasting in Australia
 
 By Susan Forde, Kerrie Foxwell and Michael Meadows
 
 ISBN 9781841502755 | Paperback | £19.95, $35
 Now Available
 Imprint: Intellect
 
 
 ABOUT THE TITLE
 The audience-producer boundary has collapsed in indigenous and ethnic
 community broadcasting, and this is the first comprehensive study globally
 to chart the rise of its new relationship.
 
 Based on studies of radio and television audiences in Australia, the
 authors
 argue that community radio and television worldwide represents an essential
 service for indigenous and ethnic audiences, empowering them at various
 levels, fostering "active citizenry" and enhancing the processes of
 democracy. The authors, former journalists, spent months on the road,
 traveling tens of thousands of kilometers from urban centres to the most
 remote regions of the Central Desert to ask why they engage with and adapt
 local broadcast media. They draw on two decades of primary research
 material
 taken from face-to-face interviews and focus-group discussions with
 audiences. Consequently, 'Developing Dialogues' offers international
 researchers a new social, cultural and historical perspective on the
 emergence of the unique Australian community broadcasting sector within the
 context of other global trends. It will appeal to scholars of media and
 cultural studies, as well as to industry practitioners and policy makers.
 
 
 ABOUT THE EDITORS
 Dr Susan Forde is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the Centre for Public
 Culture and Ideas in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Griffith
 University.
 
 Kerrie Foxwell is Associate Lecturer in Media, Communication and Youth
 Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
 
 Michael Meadows is Associate Professor of Journalism, School of Humanities
 at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
 
 
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