Bridget Backhaus
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 175409 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bridget Backhaus |
| PRENOMES | Bridget |
| SOBRENOME | Backhaus |
| ASSINATURA | BACKHAUS B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8244-2237 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Proximity as Practice
As the news media and academy reckon with a crisis of trust and funding, journalism practice-researchers are uniquely positioned to provide slower and more ethical journalistic outputs. Proximity, a long-standing news value, frames how journalists view the geographical and/or cultural distance between audiences and stories, shaping newsworthiness. We argue for a reimagining of proximity within journalism practice-research, one that approaches pro…
“Just a bunch of white bureaucrats talking about Indigenous people”
Literature that critiques the mainstream news media’s portrayal of First Nations people is plentiful, spanning multiple decades and regions. This article extends this body of research to community media, examining the sources utilised by the most popular syndicated news and current affairs programs broadcast on Australian community radio, through the lens of critical whiteness theory. This has international significance as the Australian communit…
Challenging hegemony in the Global South
Community media act as vital alternatives to hegemonic media practices and products, providing a much-needed space for marginalised voices in a homogenised and globalised media landscape. While there are strong and long-standing examples of Indigenous community media around the world, there remains a western-centric bias in community radio research, both geographically and epistemologically. This research seeks to address this gap by exploring co…
Passion, purpose and pathways
Community radio stations depend on the labour of volunteers to fulfil their crucial social, cultural and democratic functions. Yet volunteering is treated as purely mechanistic in much community radio literature and practice: a means to an end, a resourcing challenge or reflective of the participatory environment. Volunteers invest countless hours in supporting community radio stations; time that could be spent in paid employment, informal labour…
Interviewing and editing the archive
As the Australian community radio sector approaches its 50th birthday, many stations are reflecting on their own colourful pasts. Regional community radio stations are under-represented in historical literature, with most Australian community radio histories focusing on metropolitan stations. This research explores how community radio histories can find new life through practice-based research. Drawing on historical research conducted for and alo…
Unrelenting passion and selflessness
Around the world, community radio is supported by volunteers who freely give their labour to keep stations on air. This work is crucial to ensuring that community radio can fulfil its ideological and, in some cases, legislative obligations to maximise community participation in media production and increase the diversity of voices on the airwaves. Further, the characteristics that differentiate community media from its commercial and state-run co…
Connections, community, coconuts
Regional community radio enriches and diversifies local media landscapes in Australia. It is also a space where communities isolated from mainstream processes of media production can actively participate and, subsequently, 'see' themselves reflected in their own media. While the importance of regional community radio generally is well-established, less explored is the history of regional stations. Most historical research on Australian community …
Listening for the local
Climate change is most acutely experienced at the local level so conversations and action must be locally relevant. Australia's community radio sector is uniquely positioned - both as hyperlocal media and a platform for diverse voices - to facilitate these conversations. Drawing on research conducted with 12 community radio stations, this article enlists Dreher and de Souza's idea of community radio as community 'listening posts': spaces for comm…
Inheritance and Inhabitants
Community radio, a “third space” outside of commercial and state-based broadcasting, contributes to democratizing media access. Physical space plays a key role in this, yet the materiality of community radio stations is often liminal and precarious. DIY place-making practices are vital in establishing the accessibility and feel of the physical space, and, in turn, the participatory and deliberative environment. This article explores the processes…
Communities, connections, and careers
Community broadcasting is anecdotally considered a 'training ground' for the mainstream media.However, there is little empirical research that supports these claims around skill development and career outcomes.Similarly, while community broadcasting is broadly recognized as contributing to social cohesion, the focus of much of this research is on audiences rather than the experiences of community media practitioners.This article is based on a bro…
Stringers and the Journalistic Field
Review of: Stringers and the Journalistic Field: Marginalities And Precarious News Labour in Small-Town India , Nimmagadda Bhargav (2023) Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 210 pp., ISBN 978-1-03232-642-9, h/bk, AUS 201.60 ISBN 9781003369264, ebook, AUS 56.79
Warming up
Climate change is already dramatically affecting the Australian landscape and way of life. These impacts are experienced locally, therefore responses must also be local, at least in part. There is an opportunity for Australia’s vibrant community radio sector to play a leading role in building community resilience around the effects of climate change. The importance of the sector in climate change communication is well-known: from emergency broadc…
Just like us’
The ‘community’ of community media has long been a contentious question in the field. Given the wide range of interpretations of community and the ongoing fragmentation of media audiences, it has never been more important for community media to define and delineate their audiences. One approach to this is developing and maintaining a sense of mediatized community identity through content production. Community identity represents an under-research…
Community Radio in South Asia
Review of: Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves , Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala (eds) (2020) Abingdon and New York: Taylor & Francis, 294 pp., ISBN 978-1-13855-853-3, h/bk, AUD 252.00
Community Radio’s Amplification of Communication for Social Change, Juliet Fox (2019)
Review of: Community Radio’s Amplification of Communication for Social Change , Juliet Fox (2019) Palgrave Macmillan, 231 pp., ISBN 978-3-03017-315-9, h/bk, €72.79
Weaving First Peoples' knowledge into a university course
First Peoples' knowledge at university lies within a contested knowledge space. The incompatibilities and differences between Western and First Peoples' knowledge systems means attempts to superficially ‘add’ First Peoples' content to university courses are often ineffective and tokenistic. Considering these issues, this paper reflects on the design and implementation of weaving First Peoples' knowledge and perspectives throughout a service-learn…
Service learning as supported, social learning for international students
Studying in a foreign country can be a valuable experience for international students, but it may also involve uncertainty, loneliness, and questionable graduate outcomes. Given the importance of the international student market to higher education institutions, there is a clear incentive to find ways of engaging international students in meaningful learning experiences that contribute to employability, facilitate social connections, and help stu…
Fifty Years of Resistance and Representation
This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past 50 years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of th…
Keeping it clean
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 stark…
Meaningful participation’
Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run counterparts. The role of participation though is complicated in environments where community radio acts as an instrument for development, as is the case in…
Fifty Years of Resistance and Representation
This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past 50 years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of th…
Just like us’
The ‘community’ of community media has long been a contentious question in the field. Given the wide range of interpretations of community and the ongoing fragmentation of media audiences, it has never been more important for community media to define and delineate their audiences. One approach to this is developing and maintaining a sense of mediatized community identity through content production. Community identity represents an under-research…
Keeping it clean
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 stark…
Service learning as supported, social learning for international students
Studying in a foreign country can be a valuable experience for international students, but it may also involve uncertainty, loneliness, and questionable graduate outcomes. Given the importance of the international student market to higher education institutions, there is a clear incentive to find ways of engaging international students in meaningful learning experiences that contribute to employability, facilitate social connections, and help stu…
Meaningful participation’
Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run counterparts. The role of participation though is complicated in environments where community radio acts as an instrument for development, as is the case in…
Meaningful participation’
Community radio represents an opportunity for audiences to play a lead role in the production, dissemination and ownership of media channels and content. The active participation of audiences is one of the primary differences between community radio stations and their commercial and state-run counterparts. The role of participation though is complicated in environments where community radio acts as an instrument for development, as is the case in…
Community Radio’s Amplification of Communication for Social Change, Juliet Fox (2019)
Review of: Community Radio’s Amplification of Communication for Social Change , Juliet Fox (2019) Palgrave Macmillan, 231 pp., ISBN 978-3-03017-315-9, h/bk, €72.79
Weaving First Peoples' knowledge into a university course
First Peoples' knowledge at university lies within a contested knowledge space. The incompatibilities and differences between Western and First Peoples' knowledge systems means attempts to superficially ‘add’ First Peoples' content to university courses are often ineffective and tokenistic. Considering these issues, this paper reflects on the design and implementation of weaving First Peoples' knowledge and perspectives throughout a service-learn…
Service learning as supported, social learning for international students
Studying in a foreign country can be a valuable experience for international students, but it may also involve uncertainty, loneliness, and questionable graduate outcomes. Given the importance of the international student market to higher education institutions, there is a clear incentive to find ways of engaging international students in meaningful learning experiences that contribute to employability, facilitate social connections, and help stu…
Fifty Years of Resistance and Representation
This article outlines the early history of the Australian community radio sector. It focuses on three of the country’s oldest stations – Radio Adelaide, 4ZZZ and 3CR – to document the establishment and growth of the sector over the past 50 years. Two theoretical lenses are identified from the literature on Australian community broadcasting, loosely categorized as citizens’ media and empowerment media, and these are evident in the narratives of th…
Keeping it clean
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 stark…
Community Radio in South Asia
Review of: Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves , Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala (eds) (2020) Abingdon and New York: Taylor & Francis, 294 pp., ISBN 978-1-13855-853-3, h/bk, AUD 252.00
Warming up
Climate change is already dramatically affecting the Australian landscape and way of life. These impacts are experienced locally, therefore responses must also be local, at least in part. There is an opportunity for Australia’s vibrant community radio sector to play a leading role in building community resilience around the effects of climate change. The importance of the sector in climate change communication is well-known: from emergency broadc…
Just like us’
The ‘community’ of community media has long been a contentious question in the field. Given the wide range of interpretations of community and the ongoing fragmentation of media audiences, it has never been more important for community media to define and delineate their audiences. One approach to this is developing and maintaining a sense of mediatized community identity through content production. Community identity represents an under-research…
Stringers and the Journalistic Field
Review of: Stringers and the Journalistic Field: Marginalities And Precarious News Labour in Small-Town India , Nimmagadda Bhargav (2023) Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 210 pp., ISBN 978-1-03232-642-9, h/bk, AUS 201.60 ISBN 9781003369264, ebook, AUS 56.79
Inheritance and Inhabitants
Community radio, a “third space” outside of commercial and state-based broadcasting, contributes to democratizing media access. Physical space plays a key role in this, yet the materiality of community radio stations is often liminal and precarious. DIY place-making practices are vital in establishing the accessibility and feel of the physical space, and, in turn, the participatory and deliberative environment. This article explores the processes…
Communities, connections, and careers
Community broadcasting is anecdotally considered a 'training ground' for the mainstream media.However, there is little empirical research that supports these claims around skill development and career outcomes.Similarly, while community broadcasting is broadly recognized as contributing to social cohesion, the focus of much of this research is on audiences rather than the experiences of community media practitioners.This article is based on a bro…
Passion, purpose and pathways
Community radio stations depend on the labour of volunteers to fulfil their crucial social, cultural and democratic functions. Yet volunteering is treated as purely mechanistic in much community radio literature and practice: a means to an end, a resourcing challenge or reflective of the participatory environment. Volunteers invest countless hours in supporting community radio stations; time that could be spent in paid employment, informal labour…
Interviewing and editing the archive
As the Australian community radio sector approaches its 50th birthday, many stations are reflecting on their own colourful pasts. Regional community radio stations are under-represented in historical literature, with most Australian community radio histories focusing on metropolitan stations. This research explores how community radio histories can find new life through practice-based research. Drawing on historical research conducted for and alo…
Unrelenting passion and selflessness
Around the world, community radio is supported by volunteers who freely give their labour to keep stations on air. This work is crucial to ensuring that community radio can fulfil its ideological and, in some cases, legislative obligations to maximise community participation in media production and increase the diversity of voices on the airwaves. Further, the characteristics that differentiate community media from its commercial and state-run co…
Connections, community, coconuts
Regional community radio enriches and diversifies local media landscapes in Australia. It is also a space where communities isolated from mainstream processes of media production can actively participate and, subsequently, 'see' themselves reflected in their own media. While the importance of regional community radio generally is well-established, less explored is the history of regional stations. Most historical research on Australian community …
Listening for the local
Climate change is most acutely experienced at the local level so conversations and action must be locally relevant. Australia's community radio sector is uniquely positioned - both as hyperlocal media and a platform for diverse voices - to facilitate these conversations. Drawing on research conducted with 12 community radio stations, this article enlists Dreher and de Souza's idea of community radio as community 'listening posts': spaces for comm…
Proximity as Practice
As the news media and academy reckon with a crisis of trust and funding, journalism practice-researchers are uniquely positioned to provide slower and more ethical journalistic outputs. Proximity, a long-standing news value, frames how journalists view the geographical and/or cultural distance between audiences and stories, shaping newsworthiness. We argue for a reimagining of proximity within journalism practice-research, one that approaches pro…
“Just a bunch of white bureaucrats talking about Indigenous people”
Literature that critiques the mainstream news media’s portrayal of First Nations people is plentiful, spanning multiple decades and regions. This article extends this body of research to community media, examining the sources utilised by the most popular syndicated news and current affairs programs broadcast on Australian community radio, through the lens of critical whiteness theory. This has international significance as the Australian communit…
Challenging hegemony in the Global South
Community media act as vital alternatives to hegemonic media practices and products, providing a much-needed space for marginalised voices in a homogenised and globalised media landscape. While there are strong and long-standing examples of Indigenous community media around the world, there remains a western-centric bias in community radio research, both geographically and epistemologically. This research seeks to address this gap by exploring co…
Sociology (14 obras) · Community radio (13 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Media studies (10 obras) · Media Studies and Communication (9 obras) · Radio, Podcasts, and Digital Media (9 obras) · Public relations (8 obras) · Engineering (6 obras) · Computer Science (5 obras) · Law (4 obras)