‘Development, Development, Development’: Rules and Norms Performed at a ‘Community’ Multimedia Centre in South India

Bailur, Savita

doi:10.1057/9781137552648_3

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“…Given the environment that community radio stations in India work within, it is useful to problematise this overarching ideology of 'development' and community radio's place within it. This is important because, as Bailur (2008Bailur ( , 2015 (Fraser and Restrepo-Estrada, 2002;Girard, 2003). Community radio stations are, theoretically, deeply rooted within their communities, staffed by local people and focussed on local issues.…”

Section: Problematising Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping it clean: exploring discourses of development on Indian community radio

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Third World Quarterly

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Community radio in India operates within a clear framework of development. This calls into question the fundamental purpose of community radio: communication rights, activism, voice, community participation, or development? Drawing on ethnographic research conducted at two rural stations in South India, this research explores the influence of a pervasive development discourse on the grassroots activities and functions of community radio. The starkest example of this was observed through the far-reaching influence of the Government of India's highly publicised sanitation program, the Swachh Bharat Mission. This program represents a pervasive example of the modernisation paradigm in development communication, yet it was found to proliferate throughout community radio, a medium more often associated with participatory communication. This development discourse was found to profoundly impact the way both broadcasters and audience members engage with and experience community radio. The findings highlight a disconnect between the theoretical and ideological frameworks of community radio and the ways in which a development discourse operates through the stations at the grassroots level. As such, this article argues that community radio in India represents a liminal space where multiple development communication paradigms interact and compete with the theoretical underpinnings of the movement.

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Section: Problematising Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Keeping it clean: exploring discourses of development on Indian community radio

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Third World Quarterly

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‘Development, Development, Development’: Rules and Norms Performed at a ‘Community’ Multimedia Centre in South India

Cited by 1 publication

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Keeping it clean: exploring discourses of development on Indian community radio

Keeping it clean: exploring discourses of development on Indian community radio

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