Resumo: Este artigo irá oferecer uma visão geral dos contornos conceituais da mídia comunitária e rádio comunitária, destacando algumas das questões fundamentais que moldam o debate. Com a utilização de um estudo de caso, o artigo também irá mostrar como, no contexto da rádio comunitária, a mídia digital pode ajudar grupos locais a obterem uma voz mais forte em seus sistemas locais de comunicação, e as maneiras em que uma estação de rádio universitária, com seus estudantes e voluntários, pode desempenhar um papel importante para desenvolver um conteúdo de mídia mais diversificado e vibrante em sua área de atuação.
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In the last three decades the emergence and development of Community Media across Europe has been mainly characterised by the political and social contexts at the national levels and, consequently, the sector is shaped by a range of opportunities and challenges that depend on the status of current policy, legislation and funding regimes in each country. Where at the pan-European level the Council of Europe has been supporting Community Media as a means for pluralism and diversity in the media, as well as a tool to promote social cohesion, in the European Union audiovisual and media policy community media have been largely overlooked. In 2008 the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament promoted a report to support Community Media in the Union, signalling a new development that aims to influence media policy discussion in the member states. This article aims to trace the contours of community media's route across European media policies to assess how its practice has been shaped so far and discuss the emerging issues that are likely to influence its near future.1 This article is partly based on an update of
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