“Other spirit voices in the air” : community radio, mobile phones and the electromagnetic spectrum
Authors
Gordon, JaneyIssue Date
2010-06Subjects
community radiomobile telephony
communications media
P302 Radio studies
H641 Telecommunications Engineering
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This collection of published scholarly work concerns the growth and development of community radio and mobile telephony during the period 2000-2009, with reference to specific examples and case studies. The associated report examines the extent that the public are using these media to the benefit of individuals and communities and also suggests that the public have regained use of the electromagnetic spectrum through the use of community radio and mobile phones. The over arching hypothesis is that both community radio and mobile telephony are: • providing benefits to society, rangmg from improving daily life and avoiding inconveniences, to ameliorating critical or life-threatening situations and resisting oppression, • re-establishing rights of usage in the electromagnetic spectrum for ordinary members of the public which were surrendered to governmental authorities in the early years of spectrum experimentation, • using the electromagnetic spectrum as a tool for activism, political discussion, social engagement and exchange of information about matters of common interest, • worthy of research and examination to investigate how these two forms of communications media are impacting on the lives of individuals and society as a whole.Publisher
University of BedfordshireType
Thesis or dissertationLanguage
enDescription
A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by published works of the University of BedfordshireCollections
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