Research & Key Docs: Community Radio

Research and Publications

This section provides an overview of Research, key documents, and publications relevant to Community Radio in Ireland.

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Research and Key Documents relevant to Community Radio

The following is an overview of Research, key documents, and publications relevant to Community Radio in Ireland

If you wish to have your research featured here, or wish to contact Craol with regard to your research, please email helpline@craol.ie

The Community Radio Charter for Europe

The AMARC Charter - The Community Radio Charter of Europe PDF Document Note: the Charter is a document to which every licenced community radio station in Ireland must adhere to.

Published Literature on Community Radio in Ireland

New Technologies and the Facilitation of Participation in Community Radio Stations, Paper Presented at 'Radio in the Digital Age Conference', Limassol October 2009, Dr. Rosemary Day PDF Document
Community Radio in Ireland: Participation and Multi-Flows of Communication, Rosemary Day. Website link
Cultivating Habitats of Meaning - Broadcasting, Participation and Interculturalism, Gavan Titley Irish Communications Review, VOL 9 2003. PDF document
Radio Broadcasting in Lesser Used Languages – What Service Do These Stations Offer? Ireland as an Example. Conference Paper Bordeux 2004 Dr. Rosemary Day, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, PDF Document

Community Radio in Ireland: Ten Years after Licensing, How Alternative is it? Conference Paper Seville 2005 Dr. Rosemary Day, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, PDF Document
Towards Transnational Radio: Migrant Produced Programming in Dublin, Katie Moylan (NUI Maynooth)
in Janey Gordon (ed.) Notions of Community: A Collection of Community Media Debates and Dilemmas. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2009 109-126 PDF Document

Bicycle Highway: Celebrating Community Radio in Ireland, Ed Dr. Rosemary Day, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Liffey Press, 2007 Website Link
- Bicycle Highway - Extract Chapter 2; If Community Radio is the Answer….What is the Question? The Birth of Community Radio in Ireland, 1974. Jack Byrne PDF document
- Bicycle Highway - Extract Chapter 3; From Pilot to Policy: The Development of a Community Radio Movement, 1989 to 1997, Ciarán Kissane, BCI. PDF document

Masters/PhD or other Theses related to Community Radio in Ireland

An Inquiry into Values: Towards a Definition of Quality in Community Radio. Masters in Communications and Cultural Studies. Niamh Farren, 2007. PDF document
Symmetrical Communication: A Model for the Irish Community Radio Movement. MA in Public Relations from DIT, Patricia O'Toole, 2009. PDF document
Radio Archive Project, Radio Research Centre and Mary Immaculate College, 2007-08. PDF document
Community Radio at its Best: An Analysis of Community Radio in Ireland, its Recognition and its Representation Case Study: Liffey Sound FM, Lucan. Final Year Dissertation with NUI Maynooth, 2010 Maria Carty-Mole PDF Document
Media Literacy: Contribution of Irish Community Radio M.A.in Media Studies Thesis, Irena Cvetkovi? September 2010 PDF Document

Publications: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland/Broadcasting Commission of Ireland

BCI Annual Review 2006. PDF document
BCI Annual Report 2007 PDF Document
BCI Annual Review 2008. PDF document
Guide to Applicants for Temporary Sound Broadcasting Contracts. PDF document
BCI Community Radio Licensing Policy WORD Version PDF Version
An Droichead - Irish Language Training Community Radio (Manual) PDF Document

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) Commissioned Research

Drivers of Change? Community Radio in Ireland Dr Niamh Gaynor & Dr Anne O’Brien (with a focus on 4 'relatively NEW' stations Life FM, Liffey Sound, Tipperary Mid-West, and Ros-FM) June 2010 PDF Document
Digital Radio for Ireland competing Options, Public Expectations. Helen Shaw, Brian O'Neill, Agata Olbrycht, 2009. PDF document
Irish broadcasting and the ‘New Ireland’; Mapping and Visioning Cultural Diversity Dr. Gavan Titley, Aphra Kerr, Rebecca King O'Riain, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, April 2010 PDF Document
Community Radio Support Scheme External Evaluation Report 2006, RRC, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. PDF document
A Good Practice Handbook for the Management Committees/Boards of Directors of the Networks of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland Produced for the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland by Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups, 2007. PDF document
Media Literacy and the Public Sphere: A contextual Study for Public Media Literacy Promotion in Ireland, Dr. Brian O’Neill, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, July 2008 PDF Report
Promoting cultural diversity in the Irish broadcasting sector:an assessment of international standards and best practices with a view to their operationalisation in an Irish context Final Report Tarlach McGonagle, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam,The Netherlands April 2010 PDF Document

CRAOL Commissioned Research

Community Radio and the Sound and Vision funding Scheme 2005-2008, Maria Gibbons 2009. PDF document
Community Radio in Ireland: Its Contribution to Community Development, 2003, Unique Perspectives. PDF document

CRAOL Publications

Putting Down Roots - Setting Up a Community Radio Station in Ireland. An Aspirant Resource Handbook. Edited by Jack Byrne. PDF document
The Broadcasting Bill 2008 – Final Version Implications for Community Radio. PDF document
See also the conference and proceedings area of this website
A range of internal research documents can also be made available on request to helpline@craol.ie

European Research & Publications on Community Radio

CMFE - Community Media Forum Europe Presentation on the study "The State of Community Media in Europe" 2007. PDF document
Community Media Forum Europe Presentation for the Council of Europe - Division of the Media and the Information Society Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services Strasbourg, 29th November 2007. PDF document
Community Radio Social Impact Assessment Removing Barriers Increasing Effectiveness Challenges, Findings, Reflections, Experiences, Lines of Action for Community Radio stakeholders AMARC Global Evaluation, 2007. PDF document
Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the role of community media in promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogue. PDF document
Explanatory Statement for European Report on Community Media. PDF document
Objectives and Activities of Community Media Forum Europe. PDF document
Public service media governance: Looking to the future. Discussion paper prepared by the Secretariat, April 2009. PDF document
RCT Community Radio Project. An Evaluation of Outcomes, December 2008, Wales. PDF document
Report of the Moderator of the Sub-Group on Community Media WSIS Action Line C9 Media (Geneva 19 May 2009) World Summit on the Information Society. PDF document
Report on the Presentation for the Steering Committee on the Media and New Communication Services (CDMC) of the Council of Europe Strasbourg. PDF document
Study on the Current Trends and Approaches to Media Literacy in Europe Country Profile Ireland v4.0PDF document
The State of Community Media in the European Union. Policy Department Structural and Cohesion Policies Culture and Education European Parliament, 2007. PDF document

International Research & Publications on Community Radio

Community Radio Organization Development Guidebook, CRSC/NEFEJ Kathmandu. PDF document
Community Broadcasting Participation Guidelines, Australia. Australian Communications and Media Authority. PDF document
The Business of Changing Lives: An Internews publication written and edited by Jean Fairbairn, 2009.PDF document

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