RT journal article
T1 An ethnographic approach to low-income youth’s engagement in communication for social change
T2 El compromiso de los jóvenes con bajos ingresos con la comunicación para el cambio social: Un enfoque etnográfico
A1 Custódio, Leonardo
K1 Ethnography
K1 Media Education
K1 Participation
K1 Youth
K1 Communication for Social Change
K1 Etnografía
K1 Educación Mediática
K1 Participación
K1 Juventud
K1 Comunicación para el Cambio Social
AB This article presents an ethnographic approach to howlow-income Brazilians of impoverished urban areashave engaged in community journalism and mediaactivism. Exploring empirical materials collectedduring a seven-year research process (2009-2016),the article has two main objectives. One is to analyzehow low-income youth reflect on their own processesof engagement in communication for social change(CFSC). Another objective is to demonstrate howethnography can provide in-depth analyses oftrajectories and initiatives in CFSC. The article primarilyfocuses on retrospective accounts of young adults whohad participated in media-educational projects by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and subsequentlybecame active agents of change in, through and aboutmedia. The analysis of these accounts indicates how theparticipation in NGO projects characterize actions forself-development. It also demonstrates how interactionsamong participants–not necessarily anticipated by NGOs–are crucial for low-income youth to engage in activistmedia and journalism in peripheral Rio de Janeiro. Thearticle ends with a reflection about how ethnography isa useful method to add in-depth qualitative layers to theevaluation of CFSC initiatives.
PB Editorial UCA
SN 2255-3401
YR 2017
FD 2017-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22550
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/22550
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026