A new journal called Journal of Alternative and Community Media was launched in Montreal, Canada at the recently concluded annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMR). With...
Read MoreEminent community media scholar, Clemencia Rodriguez has advocated that instead of excessive focus on media technologies in community media, we explore ‘media at the margins’ in terms of how these technologies are used by people...
Read MoreWhile the impact of globalization has led to an increase in access to information, a major concern has been the absence of community specific concerns and participatory approaches to development. In this global debate,...
Read MoreIdeosync Media Combine has initiated a participatory research process to explore the parameters that impact the sustainability of Community Radio in the region with funding support from CEMCA and UNESCO. The research process...
Read MoreThe Community learning programme Chahat Chowk developed by Gurgoan Ki Awaaz is based on the Community Learning Program (CLP) model of Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The CLP methodology enables addressing health or development...
Read MoreOver the past year, Maraa has been involved in conducting face to face trainings on the community learning programme (CLP) approach and have worked with Gurgaon Ki Awaaz to develop Chahat Chowk, a CLP series that addresses...
Read MoreThe Phase II of the ‘Development of Community Radio Continuous Improvement Toolkit (CR-CIT)’ will see the toolkit being field tested in five Community Radio stations across India and Bangladesh between December 2013 and April...
Read MoreThe biggest challenge the community radio stations in India are facing is that of financial sustainability, concluded a recent research study of three operational radio stations in Bundelkhand. The study makes a strong case for...
Read MoreAHM Bazlur Rahman, CEO of Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio & Communication discusses the growing community radio sector in Bangladesh in this article published in Broadcaster (October 2013), the publication of the...
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