Cultural senses of the Frecuencia Libre: the social uses of the listeners

  • Ismar Capistrano Costa Filho Federal University of Ceará
Keywords: radio, free media, social uses, cultural matrices, cultural senses.
Agencies: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes), Governo Federal da República do Brasli

Abstract

Frecuencia Libre is an FM station in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in air since 2002 without governmental permission. Its management is of a group formed by social organizations and citizens. The programming of the radio mainly brings informative programs and of debate with a strongly answering look and of social critic. The listeners interviewed in this research are mainly people who have a memory of a political militancy and believe possible social change.

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Ismar Capistrano Costa Filho, Federal University of Ceará
Doctor y maestro en Comunicación, profesor del curso de Periodismo de la Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Brasil y investigador de comunicación libre, alternativa, comunitaria y ciudadanía comunicativa.
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Published
2018-11-27
How to Cite
Costa Filho, I. C. (2018). Cultural senses of the Frecuencia Libre: the social uses of the listeners. Mediaciones Sociales, 17, 83-94. https://doi.org/10.5209/MESO.58794
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