A+| A| A-
Community Radio and Empowerment
Community radio is supposed to empower the marginalised and give them a voice. Given the lack of objective outputs by which to measure the outcome, it is necessary to look at the subjective aspects of its impact. A study of short-lived community radio project in West Bengal illustrates how it became so central to the self-representation of the people and how it managed to overcome the divide between the programme and the listener.
COMMENTARY
| - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ” | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||||||||
| ” | |||||||||||||||||||
| ” | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||||||||
| “ | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| ” | ” | ||||||||||||||||||
| ” | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||||||||
| “ | ’ | ||||||||||||||||||
| ” | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| ’ | ” | ||||||||||||||||||
| “ | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| ” | - | ” | – | “ | |||||||||||||||
| ’ | - | ’ | |||||||||||||||||
| ” | ’ | ||||||||||||||||||
| “ | |||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| “ | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Community Radio | objectives behind the broadcast venture. The erstwhile vice chancellor of Kalyani | ||||||||||||||||||
| and Empowerment | University, Nityananda Saha and his successor Alok Banerjee were the prime | ||||||||||||||||||
| movers behind the endeavour. The objective | |||||||||||||||||||
| was to engage the students, affiliated with | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bonita Aleaz | the department of mass communications, |
Community radio is supposed to empower the marginalised and give them a voice. Given the lack of objective outputs by which to measure the outcome, it is necessary to look at the subjective aspects of its impact. A study of short-lived community radio project in West Bengal illustrates how it became so central to the self-representation of the people and how it managed to overcome the divide between the programme and the listener.
Dear Reader,
Or
To gain instant access to this article (download).
Pay INR 50.00
(Readers in India)
Pay $ 6.00
(Readers outside India)
