The structure of news in Community Audio Towers

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dc.contributor.authorSemujju, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-21T12:12:27Z
dc.date.available2018-05-21T12:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionThis article draws attention to the current sensational modernist conceptualization of news as conflict and prominence to argue that news among the poor be understood as activities happening in a village.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article draws attention to the current sensational modernist conceptualization of news as conflict and prominence to argue that news among the poor be understood as activities happening in a village. Findings obtained through observation at two Community Audio Towers (CATs), plus ten key informant interviews with Uganda’s CAT stakeholders at community and national levels, suggest that the global media logic, supported by massive media structures that dictate what news is, finds no relevance in critical local news methodologies. Using the Critical theory, this article concludes that the counter-ideological events redefine the concept of news from conflict and prominence obtained through professional news making cultures to whatever information the village members take to the towers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSemujju, Brian. The structure of news in Community Audio Towers. Journal of African Media Studies Vol. 9 No. 2. 2017; DOI: 10.1386/jams.9.2.375_1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/240
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of African Media Studiesen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Audio Towersen_US
dc.subjectUganda media logicen_US
dc.subjectAlternative newsen_US
dc.titleThe structure of news in Community Audio Towersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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