Reciprocity, a defining feature of social life, has long been considered a key component in
the formation and perpetuation of vibrant communities. In recent years, scholars have …

Community media journalists are, in essence,'filling in the gaps' left by mainstream news
outlets. Forde's extensive 10 year study now develops an understanding of the journalistic …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme
and is available on www. bloomsburycollections. com. Historically, alternative media have …

Around four million listeners in an average week tune into community radio stations around
Australia, primarily to hear local news and information. It has created arguably the highest …

This article sets out to explore the role of community broadcasting in enhancing the
emotional and social well-being of its diverse audiences. We argue that communitybased …

Journalism in Crisis addresses the concerns of scholars, activists, and journalists committed
to Canadian journalism as a democratic institution and as a set of democratic practices. The …

Fuelled by a distrust of big media and the development of mobile technologies, the resulting
convergence of journalism praxis (professional to alternative), workflows (analogue to …

A content analysis of more than 3400 news items published in national and regional Dutch
(quality) newspapers, in combination with ethnographic audience and production research …

In this study, situated in Sweden, citizen community journalism in 290 municipalities is
evaluated. The results reveal that there are very few cases of citizen journalism at a …

Alternative media, which have historically been created in explicit opposition to the
mainstream, are increasingly drawing from mainstream practices to gain visibility in a …