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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > media and communications > community radio and television
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community radio and television  

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  • Community radio and television is a system that provides production equipment, training, and airtime on local channels so that members of the public can produce programming and broadcast to a mass audience. It developed as an alternative to commercial and state-run broadcast media to open mass media to all citizens. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Community Radio and Television]

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