Radio Is a Blank Canvas for Youth Work

Communication, Creative Agency, Compassion and Empathy

Bibliographic Data

ID2074201
AuthorsF Howard (0000-0002-8493-5721, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume7
Issue2
Pages137-154
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Applied Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2204-9193 • E-ISSN: 2204-9207
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s43151-023-00108-9
OpenAlexW4389273406
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Youth radio projects are firmly rooted in young people's cultural and everyday experiences. Aligning with the open access, dialogic and participatory nature of youth work, youth radio programmes represent an 'asset-based' endeavour, which builds on young people's cultural funds of knowledge. This article draws on data from two youth radio projects: Bolt FM, based in North East Glasgow, Scotland, and YMCA Digital, based in Nottingham, England. Youth workers and young people were interviewed about the affordances of radio as an outlet for creativity in their lives. In combination with youth work practice, radio as an art form can enable young people to tell stories, offer alternative narratives and more authentic modes of cultural production. Exploring creativity, this study theorises this mode of youth arts practice through Paul Willis' Common Culture (1990). In the case of youth radio projects, communication, creative agency, compassion and empathy manifested. These findings strengthen existing research which highlights the value of youth work and radio programmes for young people

Agency (philosophy · Compassion · Creativity · Empathy · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Youth studies · Youth work · Education, Sociology, Communication Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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