A9-community radio,internet and diaspora-from local to global
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Tahun 2011, Volume 3, Nomer 1
Hal:31-37
Community Radio, Internet, and Diaspora: From Local to Global
Irfan Wahyudi1
Abstract
The community radio station provides the opportunity to broadcast information from within the community, to reflect the community’s cultural interests.It could be seen as a new face of democracy: from the community, by the community, for the community. The importance of Internet to community radio cannot be underestimated. Internet, with its unique quality of interactivity, can involve communities in participatory community radio broadcasting. Internet not only encourages local participation, but also significantly expands the social-cultural horizons of its users. The conjunction of the local and the global is embedded in this technology. The Internet also allows the community radio to communicate with transnational societies in the context of international migration and globalisation. This prodigy has introduced new outlooks for understanding the dynamics of community diaspora and the communication practice.
Key words:community, radio, internet, local, globalization
Introduction
The community radio station, operated by people in the villages and rural areas became significant to the community because of its ability to address their immediate concerns. It provided the opportunity to broadcast information from within the community, to reflect the community’s cultural interests. Community radio could be seen as a new face of democracy: from the community, by the community, for the community.
Community radio operates in the socio-cultural context of the environment it serves. Community radio deals with local issues in the local language(s). Community radio is also pertinent to local problems and interests. It also has the potential to guard the political concerns of the community. These benefits cannot be completed by commercial media, which aim for a mass audience and does not recognise the diversity of local communities.
The importance of the internet to community radio cannot be underestimated. The internet, with its unique quality of interactivity, can involve communities in participatory community radio broadcasting. Internet not only encourages local participation, but it also significantly expanding the social-cultural horizons of its users. The conjunction of the local and the global is embedded in this technology. The internet also allows the community radio to communicate with transnational societies in the context of international migration and globalisation. This prodigy has introduced new outlooks for understanding the dynamics of community diaspora and the communication practice.
This essay discusses discourses of community radio, the internet, and community diaspora, in the contexts of technological advancement and globalisation.
1Correspondence: Irfan Wahyudi, Department of Communication, FISIP, Airlangga University. Jalan Airlangga 4-6 Surabaya 60286, Indonesia. Telephone: +62 31 5011744. E-mail: irfanferro@