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Older Voices: Supporting Community Radio Production for Civic Participation in Later Life

Reuter, Arlind LU orcid ; Bartindale, Tom ; Morrissey, Kellie ; Scharf, Thomas and Liddle, Jennifer (2019) p.1-13
Abstract
Community radio can support the process of having a voice
in one’s community as a part of civic action, and promote
community dialogue. However, older adults are underrepresented
as producers of community radio shows in the UK,
and face different challenges to their younger colleagues. By
working within the radio production group of an existing
organisation of older adults, we identify the motivations and
challenges in supporting this type of civic participation in
media in later life. Key challenges were identified, including
audience engagement, content persistence and process
sustainability. In response, we 1) supported the group’s audience
engagement using Facebook Live and a phone-in... (More)
Community radio can support the process of having a voice
in one’s community as a part of civic action, and promote
community dialogue. However, older adults are underrepresented
as producers of community radio shows in the UK,
and face different challenges to their younger colleagues. By
working within the radio production group of an existing
organisation of older adults, we identify the motivations and
challenges in supporting this type of civic participation in
media in later life. Key challenges were identified, including
audience engagement, content persistence and process
sustainability. In response, we 1) supported the group’s audience
engagement using Facebook Live and a phone-in option,
and 2) developed a digital production tool. Reporting on the
continued use of the tool by the organisation, we discuss
how tailored and non-intrusive processes mediated by digital
technology can support older adults in delivering richer
media experiences whilst serving their civic participatory
interests. (Less)
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CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019)
article number
434
pages
1 - 13
publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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  • scopus:85067628716
ISBN
978-1-4503-5970-2
DOI
10.1145/3290605.3300664
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English
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  abstract     = {{Community radio can support the process of having a voice<br/>in one’s community as a part of civic action, and promote<br/>community dialogue. However, older adults are underrepresented<br/>as producers of community radio shows in the UK,<br/>and face different challenges to their younger colleagues. By<br/>working within the radio production group of an existing<br/>organisation of older adults, we identify the motivations and<br/>challenges in supporting this type of civic participation in<br/>media in later life. Key challenges were identified, including<br/>audience engagement, content persistence and process<br/>sustainability. In response, we 1) supported the group’s audience<br/>engagement using Facebook Live and a phone-in option,<br/>and 2) developed a digital production tool. Reporting on the<br/>continued use of the tool by the organisation, we discuss<br/>how tailored and non-intrusive processes mediated by digital<br/>technology can support older adults in delivering richer<br/>media experiences whilst serving their civic participatory<br/>interests.}},
  author       = {{Reuter, Arlind and Bartindale, Tom and Morrissey, Kellie and Scharf, Thomas and Liddle, Jennifer}},
  booktitle    = {{CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings (CHI 2019)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-4503-5970-2}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--13}},
  publisher    = {{Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}},
  title        = {{Older Voices: Supporting Community Radio Production for Civic Participation in Later Life}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300664}},
  doi          = {{10.1145/3290605.3300664}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}