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Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value

Dovey, Jonathan; Sobers, Shawn; Agusita, Emma

Authors

Jon Dovey Jonathan.Dovey@uwe.ac.uk
Research Centre Director DCRC/ Professor

Shawn Sobers Shawn.Sobers@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice

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Emma Agusita Emma3.Agusita@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Cultural Industries



Contributors

Sarita Malik
Editor

Caroline Chapain
Editor

Roberta Comunian
Editor

Abstract

This chapter discusses the Creative Citizens study, an extensive research project conducted by the authors from 2013 to 2015, looking into the community media practices of the South Blessed collective, a self-motivated network of young creatives approximately 18 to 26 years old. It offers an opportunity to explore the discursive formations and claims of community video practices in relation to the testimony or participants. It also suggests that despite the appearance of digital media abundance the need for informal education aimed at critical media production practice is more important than ever in the constitution of twenty-first-century citizenship. Findings of the chapter shows that despite ready access to social media platforms and, to a more limited extent, media production tools, human relationships, interactions and peer support are most valued by members of community video networks.

Citation

Dovey, J., Sobers, S., & Agusita, E. (2017). Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking: Diversity, Innovation, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642727

Online Publication Date Apr 27, 2017
Publication Date Apr 24, 2017
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Series Title Routledge Studies in Media and Cultural Industries
Edition 1
Book Title Community Filmmaking: Diversity, Innovation, Policy and Practice
Chapter Number 7
ISBN 9781138188068
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642727
Keywords creative citizenship, young media, community media, value, social innovation, agency, filmmaking
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/901732
Publisher URL https://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781138188068