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“What I know now”: radio as a means of empowerment for women of prison experience (Journal of Alternative and Community Media vol. 2, pp. 14-27, 2017)

July 7, 2018

This article outlines the findings from the first stage of a grassroots action research project conducted with a support group for women of lived prison experience, based in Adelaide, South Australia, to investigate radio production as a means for supporting women in their transition to life outside of prison. The research found that empowerment manifested itself in a number of distinct ways, through both processes and the products of the project. Through the production of radio, women of prison experience recognised their own expertise and took ownership of their stories, while the radio products educated the wider public and validated the participants’ experiences.

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Filed Under: *BROADCAST MEDIA, *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Australia, Media Development, Participation, Research Papers

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