Negotiating context as a survival strategy: The case of Mugambo Jwetu FM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Rose N. Kimani
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
National Level ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
The Political ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
A Value ◽  
International Funding ◽  
National Media ◽  
And Training

Kenyan community radio works between international and national media paradigms, while seeking to meet the expectations of its local communities. International funding and training organizations active in the sector focus on enhancing technology for development, freedom of expression, democracy and governance. At the national level, community stations are expected to act as development-oriented media. While development is a value embraced by most stations, freedom of expression is embraced more cautiously, given the political contexts in which they exist. Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2014 and 2016, this article explores the operational choices that community broadcasters make in view of their funding and training partnerships, all the while negotiating their local, social and political contexts in order to survive. It focuses on Mugambo Jwetu FM, a community radio station in Kenya, as a case study.

scholarly journals Disaster Mitigation Study in School Prone to Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster (Case Study Of SMAN 4 Pariaman)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Suci Maharani ◽  
Erianjoni Erianjoni
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
A Value ◽  
Earthquake Resistant ◽  
Evacuation Routes ◽  
Evacuation Route ◽  
And Training

SMAN 4 Pariaman is located in an area prone to disasters, especially the earthquake and tsunami. SMAN 4 Pariaman is located on the coast of the West Coast of Sumatra, which belongs to the tsunami red zone in Pariaman City. Based on this, all school residents must be prepared to face the disasters that will occur, especially the earthquake and tsunami. This type of research is a combination of research (Mixed Methods). This research is a step of research by combining two pre-existing forms of research namely qualitative research and quantitative research. The results of the study found 5 main priorities, namely 1) Optimization of meeting the basic needs of disaster management with a value of (5,000), 2) Application of evacuation routes and zones of vulnerability to our position or presence (4,556), 3) Socialization through facilities and infrastructure prepared by parties BPBD with grades (4,412), 4) Make maps to the evacuation sites of schools with grades (4,200), 5) Facilitate evacuation route signs such as posters with grades (3,587). The results of the FGD and data processing by data processing with Bayes method obtained 5 main priorities, namely 1) Schools must incorporate knowledge about disasters into the curriculum or subjects with values ​​(5,100), 2) Improvement of earthquake resistant facilities (4,467), 3) Schools must enter disaster mitigation activities into extracurricular values ​​(3,933), 4) Making maps of tsunami evacuation routes to TES with values ​​(3,923), 5) Conduct TRC education and training with a value of 3,857.

scholarly journals Radio Adelaide: A case study of community radio change and resilience within the non-profit industrial complex

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Bedford
Keyword(s):  
Radio Station ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
Financial Survival ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Source Of Information

The Australian community radio sector is a rich source of information for researchers, activists and practitioners working to support and develop community broadcasting worldwide. With a 46-year history, it represents an established and enduring third tier of independent local broadcasting with over 450 non-profit radio services legislated to provide opportunities for community engagement and participation. This article focuses on the political, economic and institutional factors involved in a change of ownership and management of Radio Adelaide, the countrys longest running community radio station. The process illustrates the impact and effects of the non-profit industrial complex as stations struggle for financial survival and independence in an increasingly competitive, corporatized environment. It is a case study which questions the contemporary understanding of a strong and resilient sector, highlighting themes to inform community media research and practice internationally.

scholarly journals Guru Berprestasi Sumber Daya Manusia Pengembang Mutu Pendidikan Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165
Author(s):  
Rusi Rusmiati Aliyyah ◽  
Widyasari Widyasari ◽  
Didi Mulyadi ◽  
Sri Wahyuni Ulfah ◽  
Siti Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Teacher Selection ◽  
National Level ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Outstanding Teachers ◽  
And Training ◽  
Selection Of

The purpose of this research is to describe the selection and process coaching that is given to outstanding national-level teachers at Al Irsyad Al Islamiyyah Bekasi West Java. Using approach qualitative with the case study method. Data collected through observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques data using reduction, data presentation, and concluding. The results of the study stated that the selection of outstanding teachers was carried out in stages starting from the level of the education unit, sub-district, levels district/municipality, provincial and national. Conclusion, outstanding teacher selection consists of academic, administrative and special requirements. Prospective teachers are given guidance and training by education stakeholders ranging from school principals in units education, KKG, education offices, local government, supervisors, LPMP, Higher Education, and P4TK. Keywords: Selection, Guidance, Outstanding Teachers

Challenging Voices? Going Public on Community Radio

2002 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan Jeffrey
Keyword(s):  
Radio Station ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Going Public ◽  
The Public ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
Community Access

Presenting a program on community radio can be immensely rewarding for community access broadcasters. Yet the experience of ‘going public’ is not always positive. Based on a case study of the participation of women at one community access radio station in Aotearoa/New Zealand, this paper argues that, particularly for programmers from minority communities, the public nature of broadcasting can be problematic. Whether or not they desire such a role, such broadcasters often become positioned as public representatives of their community. This representative aspect of going public makes it problematic, because public representatives attract criticism as well as praise, and the validity of their voices can be challenged. Drawing on the narratives of women involved at community access station Plains FM and the work of John Hochheimer (1993), this paper addresses issues of participation, representation and legitimacy, and explores the challenges that they pose for the democratic potential of community access media.

scholarly journals Commentary: Small Pacific states and media freedom: A Kiribati case study

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-38
Author(s):  
Taberannang Korauaba
Keyword(s):  
Radio Station ◽  
The Political ◽  
Right To Know ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Firsthand Experience

For more than 50 years, the governments of Kiribati have manipulated the affairs of the Broadcasting and Publications Authority (BPA). The authority runs a radio station and newspaper reaching the majority of the population of Kiribati. The interference is simply a warning to those  working for the authority that they do not have freedom to inform the public. In practice, the political opposition would oppose this interference, describing it as draconian and demanding more media freedom. But when the  opposition came to power, it would also restrict the work of  journalists. Thus reporters have often been caught in the crossfire between the politicians and are fearful of their future. Some journalists have been accused of being anti-government or sanctioning stories that embarrass the political leaders. This commentary explains—from the firsthand experience of this journalist—why in the digital era small Pacific nations such as Kiribati face a more fundamental issue: protecting the public’s right to know.

scholarly journals A Human Rights-Based Approach to Bridge Gender Digital Divide

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-44
Author(s):  
Ching Yuen Luk
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Privacy ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach ◽  
And Training

Using India as a case study, this chapter examines four elements of gender digital divide, the causes of gender digital divide, and ways to bridge gender digital divide. It finds that girls and women do not have equal access to the internet and mobile technologies like men do. This is due to social norms favoring men in the distribution of resources and opportunities, women's lack of the economic means, and ineffective law enforcement. This study calls for a human rights-based approach to bridge gender digital divide, which emphasizes women's rights to ICT-related education and training, internet privacy and freedom of expression, and mobile phone ownership.

scholarly journals 'Glocalization' versus Notions of Decoupling: A Critical Appraisal of the Impact of Global Economics on National Economic Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-32
Author(s):  
Michael Jakobsen
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Community ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Economic Development Plan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Discussing modes of political and/or economic decoupling in an era of economic globalization seems almost contradictory as the dominating keywords in the latter are increasing integration, interdependency and harmonization. For example, when looking towards the political realm it seems problematic to suggest that a nation-state can opt for a withdrawal from the global community in order to nurture its domestic potential. Likewise, when looking towards the economic realm, it seems even more problematic to suggest the possibility of a national economy withdrawing from the global economy, taking an increasing internationalization of domestic markets into account. Nonetheless, there is a discourse devoted to just that, namely whether or not to decouple economically and politically from the global community. The present article explores this discourse by first taking a critical look at the concept of decoupling. It then proceeds by presenting a different approach towards the study of the relationship between the global and national level by introducing the notion of triangulation. It is argued that the relationship between economic globalization, national economics and a given societal context in which the two former are embedded, is governed by various layers of interdependency. This means that one cannot solely focus on one point in the triangle and thus decouple, so to speak, the other two in order to understand, for example, the political or economic forces at play there. According to the argument forwarded in this article, one has to take all three points in the triangle into account in order to disentangle and thus understand the complex web of interdependency among the three. To illustrate the workings of this approach, a case study of the ramifications of a newly initiated national economic development plan in Malaysia is introduced. The article ends by returning to the decoupling discourse to re-examine it in the light of the findings from the case study.

scholarly journals Erasmus+ and Vocational Secondary Education: Analyzing Participating Students’ Views. A Case Study of Students’ Mobility in the Prefecture of Preveza, Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Aggelos Kavasakalis ◽  
Maria Tzima
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
National Level ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Individual Mobility ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
Erasmus Programme ◽  
And Training

After the advent of the knowledge society there has been a lot of debate, among countries and supranational organizations, on the promotion of lifelong learning policies and cooperation policies on education and training issues. In this context, training policies and mobility programmes at all levels of education and/or training are high on the international political agenda.At the same time, it is well known that vocational education and training is inextricably linked to the labour market and undoubtedly to employability (Stamelos, Vasilopoulos, Kavasakalis, 2015). Within this broader framework, many policies and programmes have been developed and implemented at European level to defend this objective, with the most contemporary of them, Erasmus+. This article presents a case study of a students’ mobility programme.In detail, the purpose of this article is to investigate and analyse the participating students’ views in individual mobility actions under the Erasmus+ programme in secondary vocational education in theprefectureofPreveza, regarding the effectiveness in achieving the objectives set by the programme itself.The text is divided into two subsections. The first section analyses the most important parameters of the issue at European and national level, as well as the basic structures and actions implemented within the framework of the European Erasmus+ Programme, while the second presents the research methodology and the primary results extracted from the descriptive and statistical analysis of the research tool, i.e. the questionnaire answered by Erasmus+ participants after the mobility.

Freedom of Expression and Shock Radio: Quebec CHOI-FM as a Case Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Gingras
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Quebec City ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Main Argument

This paper deals with the use of the concept of freedom of expression by a Quebec City radio station, CHOI-FM, in its dispute with the CRTC and in the court case of Sophie Chiasson before the Quebec Cour supérieure. Although freedom of expression is the main argument used by CHOI-FM in 2004 and 2005, our hypothesis is that this argument is mainly instrumental. Nevertheless, freedom of expression must be analyzed because it is a major symbol of democracy; it is linked with lively public debate and individualism. In this case, freedom of expression is also used in an attempt to lend respectability to populism and illicit discourse.

Methodologically sound? Participatory research at a community radio station

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the nature of participatory research by giving a case study of KCC Live, a volunteer youth-led community radio station in Knowsley, UK. It talks about the co-production of audio artefacts and illustrates how the young participants change the way scholars approached the term ‘participatory’. In addition, the chapter details how the methods evolved within the field, owing to the participatory design of the project. It problematises the alleged emancipatory potential of participatory research and, in detailing the co-production of audio artefacts in this project, argues that the meaning of ‘participatory’ in participatory research should be determined in communication with study participants. Only then can research be considered truly participatory.

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