“What I Know Now” is a series of short programs that has been produced by Seeds of Affinity Pathw... more “What I Know Now” is a series of short programs that has been produced by Seeds of Affinity Pathways for Women, an Adelaide-based support group for women of lived prison experience, with support from the University of South Australia journalism lecturer, Dr Heather Anderson, and Dr Charlotte Bedford, visiting scholar at the University of Adelaide. Each of the four programs have a different theme, and have been created as part of a research project supported by Development of Industry Partnerships funding from the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of South Australia. “The radio series targets women who have just been released from prison, or who are about to make this transition, and shares with them the information the Seeds of Affinity participants wished they had known when they were released,” Dr Anderson says. “We hope to also highlight to the broader community that women getting out of prison have served their time and that with help and support they can successfully re-enter the work force and be valued members of society. “Hearing the participants’ personal stories powerfully spoken on radio gives us an intimate insight into how these women have fought against the odds to start a new life for themselves and their families.” The radio series was developed through a set of workshops led by Dr Anderson, who’s PhD had previously examined how community radio works with prisoners around the world, and supported by Dr Charlotte Bedford, Visiting Researcher at the Department of Media, University of Adelaide.
Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, t... more Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, thanks to the rapid growth of digital technologies. There is no denying the impact of digital disruption on community radio stations more broadly, as well as on the ways community radio programs are now produced, and the choices made about programming; even if we limit our attention to the production of news and current affairs. This paper maps the increased opportunities that digital disruption brings for community radio broadcasting in Australia to produce and disseminate news and current affairs content. More to the point, it draws on publicly available data to outline current trends in accessing syndicated news and current affairs programming within the Australian community radio sector, and considers both the consequences and repercussions of these increased opportunities. With the peak body for Australian community broadcasting – the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia –...
The issue of climate change has been a major focus of reporting in the Western media for some yea... more The issue of climate change has been a major focus of reporting in the Western media for some years, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been at the centre of much of this coverage. But while reportage of the most recent report of the IPCC has been extensively monitored elsewhere, it has received less attention in Australia. This paper examines coverage by Australia's national newspaper, The Australian, of the Fifth assessment report (AR5) of the IPCC, released in 2013-14. The paper examines the key frames manifested in the newspaper's coverage of the AR5, and concludes that, overall, the report was principally mediated within an uncertainty frame.
Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a sm... more Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population, there has been a significant increase in their representation especially over the past 20 years (Carlton and Segrave, 2013). Despite the fact that societies are locking women up at increasingly high rates, the fundamental understandings regarding prison reform are based on a male norm, and do not meet the needs of female offenders (Walmsley, 2016). This article outlines the findings from the first stage of a grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. The research found that empowerment manifested itself in a number of distinct ways, through both processes and the products of the project. Through the production of radio, women of prison...
Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 2019
Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the fo... more Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the forced, and often traumatic, nature of their resettlement, but despite this, many refugees arrive in Australia with the tools to positively face new challenges in their settlement and as a result have a very high chance of making a good life for themselves in Australia. This paper discusses the ways community media production can be utilised to investigate solutions to the resettlement challenges faced by young people of refugee background. It draws on findings from a pilot research project that involved young people with refugee experience in media and radio production, as well as broadcasting on an internet radio station at the University of South Australia. The findings suggest, preliminarily at least, that participation in community media can have a beneficial effect on a young persons settlement experience, in line with perceptions of what constitutes successful resettlement.
To post or not to post photographs of children? Is it worth commenting on potentially controversi... more To post or not to post photographs of children? Is it worth commenting on potentially controversial topics such as vaccinations and breastfeeding in a public forum or even a private group? Facebook offers mothers of young children a range of affordances that were unimaginable in a pre–social networking site (SNS) era, but at the same time presents a new set of dilemmas surrounding parenting in the digital domain. The SNS activity of parents brings the lives of children into online spaces in a way that builds community and social capital, but at the same time creates ethical tensions and raises a series of contemporary quandaries. Drawing upon data from a mixed-methods study, including an online survey of 117 mothers and semi-structured interviews with 17, this article examines Australian mothers’ complex concerns around Facebook and the often-uneasy balance between the need for privacy and the benefits of openness, especially in relation to sharing information about children. The fi...
This article explores the relevance of community radio in the Global North. Its significance in t... more This article explores the relevance of community radio in the Global North. Its significance in the Global South is uncontested (Gumucio Dagron, 2011; Rodrguez, 2011; Tacchi, 2002), however, in the Global North the role of community radio is not necessarily so clear. According to a 2017 study published by New York University, newer digital services are changing the way people listen to content, endangering the future of traditional radio (Miller, 2017). In this environment, the relevance of community radio can be put into question. Based on three different case studies two in Australia and one in the US our analysis explores community broadcasters strategic initiatives that, although different, intend to address specific communication needs in particular audiences. Our analysis suggests that the future of community radio in the Global North depends on its ability to detect needs and audiences at the hyper-local level.
This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on t... more This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past 50 years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of the case study stations. A third framework – social movement theory – is proposed for further understanding the value of community broadcasting and its contributions to the wider media landscape.
3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication, 2019
Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, t... more Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, thanks to the rapid growth of digital technologies. There is no denying the impact of digital disruption on community radio stations more broadly, as well as on the ways community radio programs are now produced, and the choices made about programming; even if we limit our attention to the production of news and current affairs. This paper maps the increased opportunities that digital disruption brings for community radio broadcasting in Australia to produce and disseminate news and current affairs content. More to the point, it draws on publicly available data to outline current trends in accessing syndicated news and current affairs programming within the Australian community radio sector, and considers both the consequences and repercussions of these increased opportunities. With the peak body for Australian community broadcasting-the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia-about to launch its Enhanced National News Project, this paper is timely and, while perhaps raising as many questions as it gives answers, it aims to highlight potential avenues for future research in this area.
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 2019
Women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population; however, there ... more Women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population; however, there has been a significant increase in their representation, most notably over the past twenty years. Despite this, fundamental understandings of the role of prisons, as well as issues around recidivism and desistance are based on a male norm, failing to meet the needs of women affected by the criminal justice system. This article outlines the findings from an ongoing grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. It draws on observations made over a two-year period of radio production and thematic content analysis to investigate the role of community radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women
Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the fo... more Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the forced, and often traumatic, nature of their resettlement, but despite this, many refugees arrive in Australia with the tools to positively face new challenges in their settlement and as a result have a very high chance of making a good life for themselves in Australia. This paper discusses the ways community media production can be utilised to investigate solutions to the resettlement challenges faced by young people of refugee background. It draws on findings from a pilot research project that involved young people with refugee experience in media and radio production, as well as broadcasting on an internet radio station at the University of South Australia. The findings suggest, preliminarily at least, that participation in community media can have a beneficial effect on a young person's settlement experience, in line with perceptions of what constitutes 'successful' resettlement.
There is a nexus where radio and prisons meet that is yet to be explored to its full potential, b... more There is a nexus where radio and prisons meet that is yet to be explored to its full potential, both in practice and in academia. This article consolidates two separate bodies of knowledge, examining ‘prisoners’ radio’ (usually broadcast to the general public on community radio or the Internet) and ‘prison radio’ (broadcast to a prison audience within a prison setting), to propose a theoretical framework that incorporates both. It draws on two case studies from the United Kingdom and Australia and is informed by the seminal work of alternative media theorists Clemencia Rodriguez, John Downing and Chris Atton.
The divergent and complex nature of the Australian community broadcasting sector complicates any ... more The divergent and complex nature of the Australian community broadcasting sector complicates any attempt to measure its social impact, as does the general lack of consensus within academic debates on how best to measure, record, and demonstrate the sector’s long-term effects (Jallov 2005). This article focuses specifically on the use of participatory monitoring and evaluation processes as a method for determining the social impact of community radio projects. It draws its findings from a pilot research project that involved the production of a radio series, produced by young people from refugee backgrounds living in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate how community radio can positively contribute to resettlement experiences. This paper does not report on the findings of the research project itself but rather provides insight into how a bottom-up and inside-out approach, embedded within a participatory action research methodology, can be useful for developing key indicators by which the success of such projects can be measured.
Australian Centre For Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Qut Business School, Nov 1, 2010
GPO Box 2434 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Phone: 07 3138 1020 Fax: 07 3138 9131 Email: acpns@qut.edu.au http... more GPO Box 2434 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Phone: 07 3138 1020 Fax: 07 3138 9131 Email: acpns@qut.edu.auhttp://cpns.bus.qut.edu.au CRICOS code: 00213J ... The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) is a specialist research and teaching unit ...
“What I Know Now” is a series of short programs that has been produced by Seeds of Affinity Pathw... more “What I Know Now” is a series of short programs that has been produced by Seeds of Affinity Pathways for Women, an Adelaide-based support group for women of lived prison experience, with support from the University of South Australia journalism lecturer, Dr Heather Anderson, and Dr Charlotte Bedford, visiting scholar at the University of Adelaide. Each of the four programs have a different theme, and have been created as part of a research project supported by Development of Industry Partnerships funding from the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of South Australia. “The radio series targets women who have just been released from prison, or who are about to make this transition, and shares with them the information the Seeds of Affinity participants wished they had known when they were released,” Dr Anderson says. “We hope to also highlight to the broader community that women getting out of prison have served their time and that with help and support they can successfully re-enter the work force and be valued members of society. “Hearing the participants’ personal stories powerfully spoken on radio gives us an intimate insight into how these women have fought against the odds to start a new life for themselves and their families.” The radio series was developed through a set of workshops led by Dr Anderson, who’s PhD had previously examined how community radio works with prisoners around the world, and supported by Dr Charlotte Bedford, Visiting Researcher at the Department of Media, University of Adelaide.
Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, t... more Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, thanks to the rapid growth of digital technologies. There is no denying the impact of digital disruption on community radio stations more broadly, as well as on the ways community radio programs are now produced, and the choices made about programming; even if we limit our attention to the production of news and current affairs. This paper maps the increased opportunities that digital disruption brings for community radio broadcasting in Australia to produce and disseminate news and current affairs content. More to the point, it draws on publicly available data to outline current trends in accessing syndicated news and current affairs programming within the Australian community radio sector, and considers both the consequences and repercussions of these increased opportunities. With the peak body for Australian community broadcasting – the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia –...
The issue of climate change has been a major focus of reporting in the Western media for some yea... more The issue of climate change has been a major focus of reporting in the Western media for some years, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been at the centre of much of this coverage. But while reportage of the most recent report of the IPCC has been extensively monitored elsewhere, it has received less attention in Australia. This paper examines coverage by Australia's national newspaper, The Australian, of the Fifth assessment report (AR5) of the IPCC, released in 2013-14. The paper examines the key frames manifested in the newspaper's coverage of the AR5, and concludes that, overall, the report was principally mediated within an uncertainty frame.
Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a sm... more Incarceration rates are increasing almost everywhere and, while women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population, there has been a significant increase in their representation especially over the past 20 years (Carlton and Segrave, 2013). Despite the fact that societies are locking women up at increasingly high rates, the fundamental understandings regarding prison reform are based on a male norm, and do not meet the needs of female offenders (Walmsley, 2016). This article outlines the findings from the first stage of a grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. The research found that empowerment manifested itself in a number of distinct ways, through both processes and the products of the project. Through the production of radio, women of prison...
Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 2019
Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the fo... more Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the forced, and often traumatic, nature of their resettlement, but despite this, many refugees arrive in Australia with the tools to positively face new challenges in their settlement and as a result have a very high chance of making a good life for themselves in Australia. This paper discusses the ways community media production can be utilised to investigate solutions to the resettlement challenges faced by young people of refugee background. It draws on findings from a pilot research project that involved young people with refugee experience in media and radio production, as well as broadcasting on an internet radio station at the University of South Australia. The findings suggest, preliminarily at least, that participation in community media can have a beneficial effect on a young persons settlement experience, in line with perceptions of what constitutes successful resettlement.
To post or not to post photographs of children? Is it worth commenting on potentially controversi... more To post or not to post photographs of children? Is it worth commenting on potentially controversial topics such as vaccinations and breastfeeding in a public forum or even a private group? Facebook offers mothers of young children a range of affordances that were unimaginable in a pre–social networking site (SNS) era, but at the same time presents a new set of dilemmas surrounding parenting in the digital domain. The SNS activity of parents brings the lives of children into online spaces in a way that builds community and social capital, but at the same time creates ethical tensions and raises a series of contemporary quandaries. Drawing upon data from a mixed-methods study, including an online survey of 117 mothers and semi-structured interviews with 17, this article examines Australian mothers’ complex concerns around Facebook and the often-uneasy balance between the need for privacy and the benefits of openness, especially in relation to sharing information about children. The fi...
This article explores the relevance of community radio in the Global North. Its significance in t... more This article explores the relevance of community radio in the Global North. Its significance in the Global South is uncontested (Gumucio Dagron, 2011; Rodrguez, 2011; Tacchi, 2002), however, in the Global North the role of community radio is not necessarily so clear. According to a 2017 study published by New York University, newer digital services are changing the way people listen to content, endangering the future of traditional radio (Miller, 2017). In this environment, the relevance of community radio can be put into question. Based on three different case studies two in Australia and one in the US our analysis explores community broadcasters strategic initiatives that, although different, intend to address specific communication needs in particular audiences. Our analysis suggests that the future of community radio in the Global North depends on its ability to detect needs and audiences at the hyper-local level.
This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on t... more This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past 50 years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of the case study stations. A third framework – social movement theory – is proposed for further understanding the value of community broadcasting and its contributions to the wider media landscape.
3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication, 2019
Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, t... more Changes in digital innovation have directly affected community radio broadcasting in Australia, thanks to the rapid growth of digital technologies. There is no denying the impact of digital disruption on community radio stations more broadly, as well as on the ways community radio programs are now produced, and the choices made about programming; even if we limit our attention to the production of news and current affairs. This paper maps the increased opportunities that digital disruption brings for community radio broadcasting in Australia to produce and disseminate news and current affairs content. More to the point, it draws on publicly available data to outline current trends in accessing syndicated news and current affairs programming within the Australian community radio sector, and considers both the consequences and repercussions of these increased opportunities. With the peak body for Australian community broadcasting-the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia-about to launch its Enhanced National News Project, this paper is timely and, while perhaps raising as many questions as it gives answers, it aims to highlight potential avenues for future research in this area.
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 2019
Women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population; however, there ... more Women and girls make up only a small percentage of the overall prison population; however, there has been a significant increase in their representation, most notably over the past twenty years. Despite this, fundamental understandings of the role of prisons, as well as issues around recidivism and desistance are based on a male norm, failing to meet the needs of women affected by the criminal justice system. This article outlines the findings from an ongoing grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. It draws on observations made over a two-year period of radio production and thematic content analysis to investigate the role of community radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women
Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the fo... more Settlement presents a significant challenge for refugees compared to other migrants, given the forced, and often traumatic, nature of their resettlement, but despite this, many refugees arrive in Australia with the tools to positively face new challenges in their settlement and as a result have a very high chance of making a good life for themselves in Australia. This paper discusses the ways community media production can be utilised to investigate solutions to the resettlement challenges faced by young people of refugee background. It draws on findings from a pilot research project that involved young people with refugee experience in media and radio production, as well as broadcasting on an internet radio station at the University of South Australia. The findings suggest, preliminarily at least, that participation in community media can have a beneficial effect on a young person's settlement experience, in line with perceptions of what constitutes 'successful' resettlement.
There is a nexus where radio and prisons meet that is yet to be explored to its full potential, b... more There is a nexus where radio and prisons meet that is yet to be explored to its full potential, both in practice and in academia. This article consolidates two separate bodies of knowledge, examining ‘prisoners’ radio’ (usually broadcast to the general public on community radio or the Internet) and ‘prison radio’ (broadcast to a prison audience within a prison setting), to propose a theoretical framework that incorporates both. It draws on two case studies from the United Kingdom and Australia and is informed by the seminal work of alternative media theorists Clemencia Rodriguez, John Downing and Chris Atton.
The divergent and complex nature of the Australian community broadcasting sector complicates any ... more The divergent and complex nature of the Australian community broadcasting sector complicates any attempt to measure its social impact, as does the general lack of consensus within academic debates on how best to measure, record, and demonstrate the sector’s long-term effects (Jallov 2005). This article focuses specifically on the use of participatory monitoring and evaluation processes as a method for determining the social impact of community radio projects. It draws its findings from a pilot research project that involved the production of a radio series, produced by young people from refugee backgrounds living in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate how community radio can positively contribute to resettlement experiences. This paper does not report on the findings of the research project itself but rather provides insight into how a bottom-up and inside-out approach, embedded within a participatory action research methodology, can be useful for developing key indicators by which the success of such projects can be measured.
Australian Centre For Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies Qut Business School, Nov 1, 2010
GPO Box 2434 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Phone: 07 3138 1020 Fax: 07 3138 9131 Email: acpns@qut.edu.au http... more GPO Box 2434 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Phone: 07 3138 1020 Fax: 07 3138 9131 Email: acpns@qut.edu.auhttp://cpns.bus.qut.edu.au CRICOS code: 00213J ... The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) is a specialist research and teaching unit ...
In Budarick, J & Han, G-S. (Ed.) Minorities and Media in Australia: Producers, Industries, Audie... more In Budarick, J & Han, G-S. (Ed.) Minorities and Media in Australia: Producers, Industries, Audiences, pp. 85-103, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-59631-4
Miliauskas, Anna & Anderson, Heather 2016, “Uncertainty framing and the IPCC Fifth assessment rep... more Miliauskas, Anna & Anderson, Heather 2016, “Uncertainty framing and the IPCC Fifth assessment report”, Australian Journalism Review, vol. 38 (2), pp. 143 – 154.
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research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. It draws on observations made over a two-year period of radio production and thematic content analysis to investigate the role of community radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women
research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. It draws on observations made over a two-year period of radio production and thematic content analysis to investigate the role of community radio as a tool of desistance for formerly incarcerated women