Essays and Articles written for my research

The following essays and articles explores some of the thoughts and issues I've been negotiating during the process of my research into the Community Media Sector so far. The main focus of the research is to analyse the cultural sustainability of educational activity within the community media sector, and attempting to find models of best practice which can be used as a tool kit for facilitators, companies, funders, and by communities groups themselves.

I am still in the early days of this research, and as it progresses I shall post up new writings as it develops. For my biog, click here

Shawn Naphtali Sobers (c)

Media Literacy in Community Contexts (November 2005)

Article written for the Westminster Media Forum Publication, in response to the Media Literacy Seminar (27.10.05)
(pdf) click here
Research Progress Update (May 2005)
- Research Question
- Aims & Objectives
- Background to this Research
- Methodology
- Theoretical Framework
- Taxonomy of Terms
- The Houdini approach to research
- Reformation of the Media
- Identity, Power and Representation
- My crossroads
(pdf) click here
Project Evaluation Diagram
(April 2005)
This map-diagram attempts to show how many projects are evaluated, whilst highlighting areas of impact which are potentially missed by the majority of evaluation studies.
(pdf) click here
Beyond Project: Community Media and Impact, Effectivity and Sustainability
 (April 2005)
Paper which explores the definitions of impact, effect and sustainabiliy, and attempts to challenge the "short term" mentality behind the concept of the word 'project'.
(pdf) click here
Defining Community Media and Achieving Educational Sustainability
(January 2005)
Abstract for Euricom Colloquium, Piran, Slovenia, 2005 (pdf), click here
Negotiating Methods and Theories - Part 1
(January 2005)
Article, (pdf), click here
Key Questions to ask about the Community Media Sector
(March 2004)
Initial themes, ideas and questions to ask
Notes, (pdf), click here
Hierarchies within Moving Image Industries
(April 2004)
Image, (gif), click here
Argument: The Community Media Sector is not the amateur cousin to Broadcast
(April 2004) 
Paper, (pdf), click here
Exploration of Community Media Research Questions
(November 2004)
Article, (pdf), click here

Definition of Community Media
(December 2004)
Paper, (pdf), click here

see also;

Community Media Structure Map
(May 2004)
Image, (pdf), click here

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