Heywood, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-6713 and Ivey, B. (2021) The significance of ‘loud’ and ‘quiet’ forms of audience participation to community radio in Niger and Mali. Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 6 (2). pp. 179-196. ISSN 2634-4726
Abstract
Community radio in Mali and Niger represents important hubs through which organized groups (such as listening clubs or associations) access information and participate in broadcasting through active and formalized channels. Drawing on radio listener focus groups conducted in Mali and Niger between 2018 and 2020, this article discusses the importance, to community radio, of ‘loud’ participation (formalized spaces) and ‘quiet’ participation (informal discussion spaces) amongst audiences. We argue that these ‘quiet’ forms of participation are important as they reinforce and support existing networks of solidarity in the community. Community radio stations rarely ‘hear’ listener participation via these informal spaces of discussion ‐ which are more closely associated with women ‐ but they are nonetheless crucial, yet overlooked, alternative forms of audience participation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Heywood, E & Ivey, B. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Alternative and Community Media. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Mali; Niger; community radio; gender; listener participation; politics of listening |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 14:25 |
Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2022 00:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/joacm_00099_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185944 |