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Social Uses And Radio Practices The Use Of Participatory Radio By Ethnic Minorities In Mexico
By Lucila Vargas
Copyright 1995
309 Pages
by
Routledge
309 Pages
by
Routledge
309 Pages
by
Routledge
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Combining concepts and methods from critical cultural studies with the Freirean approach to development, Lucila Vargas examines the social value of participatory radio and the possibilities and constraints that participatory radio stations hold for improving the living conditions and the sense of self-esteem of the poor in Mexico. This book provides an ethnographic account of the social uses of... Read more
Preface -- The Social Value of Participatory Radio -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Indigenous Participation in Production Processes -- Indigenous Peoples and the Instituto Nacional Indigenista -- The INI Network -- The Network's Staff and Other Actors -- The Programming of the INI Network -- Audience Participation and Social Uses -- Radio Margaritas' Target Audience: The Tojolabal Maya -- Exposure, Listening, and Taste -- Social Impact of Radio Margaritas -- Radio and Ethnodevelopment -- Outline of Radio Consumption Patterns -- Participation, Racism, and Social Uses -- Appendixes -- Interview Schedules
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Lucila Vargas
