Aprendiendo para la vida: estudio de caso sobre una radio comunitaria online

Sílvio Santos; Maria José Brites; Ana Jorge; Daniel Catalão; Catarina Navio

doi:10.7764/cdi.36.610

Authors

Sílvio Santos University of Coimbra, Ceis20, CIMJ, Coimbra, Portugal
Maria José Brites Universidade Lusófona do Porto (Portugal)
Ana Jorge Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
Daniel Catalão Universidade Lusófona do Porto (Portugal)
Catarina Navio Centro de Investigação Media e Jornalismo (Portugal)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.36.610

Keywords:

Online radio, media education, participatory action-research, community media, non-formal learning

Abstract

In a context of social disaffection and economic crisis, acquiring the skills that promote employability and social participation is an increasing priority. RadioActive Europe is a project that addresses these issues, offering non-formal learning through Internet radio. This article analyzes the implementation of the project in Portugal amongst groups of young people in vulnerable contexts. Our findings suggest that participatory action-research and media education are valuable ways of empowering youngsters from deprived contexts, complementing the constraints of formal schooling.

Author Biographies

Sílvio Santos, University of Coimbra, Ceis20, CIMJ, Coimbra, Portugal

Lecturer at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), where he teaches radio, multimedia and journalism. His main research and publishing topics concern public and community radio, internet and education. Sílvio holds a PhD in Communication Studies and has previously worked as a producer and a presenter for the Portuguese public radio. He is currently the coordinator of RadioActive Portugal.

Maria José Brites, Universidade Lusófona do Porto (Portugal)

Assistant Professor at Lusophone University of Porto and postdoctoral researcher at Communication Sciences at Communication and Society Research Centre, Minho University. She coordinated (in Portugal) RadioActive Europe (531245-LLP-1-2012-1-UK-KA3-KA3). She is a member of two cost actions (Cost/FP1104; Cost/IS1401) and three cross-national collaborative projects. Research interests: youth, journalism and participation, audience studies, news and civic literacy.

Ana Jorge, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

Postdoctoral Fellow at CIMJ and CICS.NOVA and a Guest Assistant Professor at University NOVA of Lisbon. She holds a PhD in Communication Sciences from the same University, and she has worked as communication officer in companies and agencies, and as science communication assistant. Ana is or has been part of international research projects on media education and literacy (RadioActive Europe and RadioActive Portugal; Alfamed) and on uses of digital media by children and young people (EU Kids Online; Digital Inclusion and Participation).

Daniel Catalão, Universidade Lusófona do Porto (Portugal)

Managing editor, journalist and presenter at RTP, the Portuguese public service television. He is also professor of journalism at the University Lusófona of Porto and “Digital Media” PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.

Catarina Navio, Centro de Investigação Media e Jornalismo (Portugal)

Managing editor, journalist and presenter at RTP, the Portuguese public service television. He is also professor of journalism at the University Lusófona of Porto and “Digital Media” PhD student at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto.