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Author:   Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) ,  Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781538181546

ISBN 10:   1538181541
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   02 April 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK) Chapter 1. A sustainability evaluation model from and for the South: Measuring resilience in the Spanish alternative media system Alejandro Barranquero (Charles III University of Madrid, Spain) Chapter 2. Tactics and Strategy: the Urbana Indymedia model Andrew Ó Baoill (University of Galway, Ireland) Chapter 3. The power of – and the need for – community, ushering in the age of community – and of community media Birgitte Jallov (Copenhagen University, Denmark) Chapter 4. “It saved my life...”: The impact of community radio on the emotional and social well-being of listeners and volunteers in the United Kingdom during the Covid-19 pandemic Freya Hodgson (UK) and Salvatore Scifo (Bournemouth University, UK) Chapter 5. Beyond Survival: Reimagining Sustainability in Community Radio in India Vinod Pavarala (University of Hyderabad, India) and Kanchan K. Malik (University of Hyderabad, India) Chapter 6. Historicizing the Received Tradition of Community Media James (Jay) F. Hamilton (University of Georgia, USA) Chapter 7. Community Media 4 Kenya: Sustainable development through transformative learning and community/university partnerships Peter Day (Brighton University, UK), Jerry Agalo (Rongo University, Kenya), and Isabel Zattu (Kibabii University, Kenya) Chapter 8. ‘The old mob use the old ways, but the new mob use YouTube’: Consolidating legacy and building sustainability for Australian Indigenous community broadcasting in the digital age Susan Forde (Griffith University, Australia), Debbie Bargallie (University of Queensland, Australia), Heather Anderson (Griffith University, Australia), Troy Meston (Charles Sturt University, Australia), and Harry Van Issum (Griffith University, Australia) Chapter 9. Community radio: A new paradigm of social communication in Mexico and Latin America Graciela Martínez Matías (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico) Chapter 10. The political economy of community radio in Nigeria: Issues, challenges, and prospects for Agba community radio Roselyn Vona Doghudje (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) Index About the Contributors

Reviews

""Community Media, Sustainability and Crisis offers an insightful and timely global perspective on the resilience, creativity, and civic value of grassroots media. The book is an essential resource for understanding how community media respond, adapt, and endure in an increasingly complex world."" --Bridget Backhaus, Griffith University, Australia ""The authors immerse us in a critical traversal of the pandemic crisis, where community media emerge as living practices of solidarity and resilience. They provide us with a pluralistic genealogy of community mediation in times of crisis. An indispensable contribution to thinking about community media as political practice and a living archive of counter-hegemony."" --Tiziano Bonini, University of Siena, Italy ""Andrew Ó Baoill and Salvatore Scifo's new book Community Media, Sustainability, and Crisis: Lessons from COVID and Beyond offers fascinating insights into the multiplicity of ways community media continue to serve their communities in times of crisis. From Ireland to India and from the UK to Youtube, the book describes the resilience and flexibility of people responding to contemporary crises and problems. Based on research at the grassroots level, authors describe how local, geographic and indigenous communities along with communities of interest grapple with issues such as sustainability and the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of different communication channels from traditional radio to digital platforms demonstrate the power and capacity of ordinary people to use whatever means they can to work together to address shared problems and difficulties including threats to emotional, mental and physical wellbeing. This book is a very welcome addition to the growing canon of academic literature on community media and should be on the must read list for academics and community activists alike."" --Rosemary Day, University of Limerick, Ireland ""This timely book explores the sustainability of community media in times of crisis, offering a rich, multidimensional analysis. It addresses economic, political, legal, social, environmental, and technological approaches to sustainability, relying on varied global case studies. It contributes significantly to debates in media studies, journalism, and communication for social change"" --Claudia Magallanes Blanco, Ibero-American University, Mexico

Community Media, Sustainability and Crisis offers an insightful and timely global perspective on the resilience, creativity, and civic value of grassroots media. The book is an essential resource for understanding how community media respond, adapt, and endure in an increasingly complex world. -- Bridget Backhaus, Griffith University, Australia The authors immerse us in a critical traversal of the pandemic crisis, where community media emerge as living practices of solidarity and resilience. They provide us with a pluralistic genealogy of community mediation in times of crisis. An indispensable contribution to thinking about community media as political practice and a living archive of counter-hegemony. -- Tiziano Bonini, University of Siena, Italy Andrew Ó Baoill and Salvatore Scifo’s new book Community Media, Sustainability, and Crisis: Lessons from COVID and Beyond offers fascinating insights into the multiplicity of ways community media continue to serve their communities in times of crisis. From Ireland to India and from the UK to Youtube, the book describes the resilience and flexibility of people responding to contemporary crises and problems. Based on research at the grassroots level, authors describe how local, geographic and indigenous communities along with communities of interest grapple with issues such as sustainability and the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of different communication channels from traditional radio to digital platforms demonstrate the power and capacity of ordinary people to use whatever means they can to work together to address shared problems and difficulties including threats to emotional, mental and physical wellbeing. This book is a very welcome addition to the growing canon of academic literature on community media and should be on the must read list for academics and community activists alike. -- Rosemary Day, University of Limerick, Ireland This timely book explores the sustainability of community media in times of crisis, offering a rich, multidimensional analysis. It addresses economic, political, legal, social, environmental, and technological approaches to sustainability, relying on varied global case studies. It contributes significantly to debates in media studies, journalism, and communication for social change -- Claudia Magallanes Blanco, Ibero-American University, Mexico

Author Information

Andrew Ó Baoill is a Lecturer at the School of English, Media and Creative Arts at University of Galway, Ireland. His work focuses on the political economy of the mass media, with a particular interest in the interplay of technological change, regulation and not-for-profit media. He has also published on critical pedagogies for media studies, including on open scholarship. A former station manager in the community radio sector in both Ireland and the United States, he currently produces a monthly radio show, A Critical Ear. Salvatore Scifo is a Visiting Fellow at the Media School, Faculty of Media, Science and Technology at Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. He has published on British, Italian, and European community media histories, policies and practices. He has served in leadership positions for the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), the UK-based Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) and the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE).

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