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An examination of how activists combine political advocacy and technical practice in their promotion of the emancipatory potential of local low-power FM radio.

Low Power to the People

Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism

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    298 pages

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    7 November 2014

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Summary

An examination of how activists combine political advocacy and technical practice in their promotion of the emancipatory potential of local low-power FM radio.The United States ushered in a new era of small-scale broadcasting in 2000 when it began issuing low-power FM (LPFM) licenses for noncommercial radio stations around the country. Over the next decade, several hundred of these newly created low-wattage stations took to the airwaves. In Low Power to the People, Christina Dunbar-Hester des…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262534765
ISBN-10:0262534762
Author:Christina Dunbar-Hester
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:298
Release Date:7 November 2014
Weight:452g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 14mm
Series:Inside Technology
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Low Power to the People offers a richly detailed exploration of the struggle for low-power FM as it played out both at the grassroots level and in the halls of Washington… Dunbar-Hester offers a convincing argument that an ‘old’ medium like radio has the potential to be at least as open and democratic as does the Internet, and that we need to more critically examine claims about the intrinsic character of different communications technologies.

—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

[A] captivating narrative that reproduces the passion, emotions, and tensions of the field….

—New Media & Society

In Low Power to the People, Dunbar-Hester delivers a perceptive interrogation of [the] intricate entwinement of technology and politics, and the activist’s ‘labour of love’ (embracing passionate and playful work) to enact inclusive ideals for social change, which is compelling and inspirational for scholars and activists alike working to further media democracy.

—Feminist Media Studies

About The Author

Christina Dunbar-Hester

Christina Dunbar-Hester is Assistant Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California.

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