Older voices: Supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life

Arlind Reuter; Tom Bartindale; Kellie Morrissey; Thomas Scharf; Jennifer Liddle

doi:10.1145/3290605.3300664

Older voices: Supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life

Arlind Reuter, Tom Bartindale, Kellie Morrissey, Thomas Scharf, Jennifer Liddle

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Abstract

Community radio can support the process of having a voice in one’s community as a part of civic action, and promote community dialogue. However, older adults are underrepresented as producers of community radio shows in the UK, and face different challenges to their younger colleagues. By working within the radio production group of an existing organisation of older adults, we identify the motivations and challenges in supporting this type of civic participation in media in later life. Key challenges were identified, including audience engagement, content persistence and process sustainability. In response, we 1) supported the group’s audience engagement using Facebook Live and a phone-in option, and 2) developed a digital production tool. Reporting on the continued use of the tool by the organisation, we discuss how tailored and non-intrusive processes mediated by digital technology can support older adults in delivering richer media experiences whilst serving their civic participatory interests.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359702
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300664
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019 - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 4 May 2019 → 9 May 2019

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	4/05/19 → 9/05/19

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Ageing
Civic participation
Community radio
Digital civics

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Reuter, A, Bartindale, T, Morrissey, K, Scharf, T & Liddle, J 2019, Older voices: Supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life. in CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, ACM, 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 4/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300664

Older voices: Supporting community radio production for civic participation in later life. / Reuter, Arlind; Bartindale, Tom; Morrissey, Kellie et al.
CHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2019. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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