When I rendered my service at Jnan Taranga, the first
Community Radio of North East India as its Station Manager, I tried several
times to involve a few volunteers in programming. I was inspired by the
experience of four community radio stations based in Toronto, Ottawa and
Montreal, where I visited in 2011. But the attitude of community members to
become volunteers of community radio station is different in India and
Bangladesh from the western nations.
Volunteers are the integral part of any community radio
station of the world and they are the working force that ensures the community
participation. But who are the volunteers? Are they persons used to spend their
times for the community radio or who have a clear aim or objective to serve a
community using any media of communication?
"Or there are some other gains or motives for a
person to get involved like to gain experience or pre-service training."
Or simply a volunteer is an unpaid labour? Can we define volunteer as individual,
organizational or in the community as a whole?
The concept of volunteerism in the developed and
developing countries are different from the point of view of involvement,
expectation and accountability. The issue ‘involvement’ refers to the
engagement of the volunteers in different activities of a CR station.
Volunteers may be involved in programming, management (technical or general administration)
and policy decision. Expectation may be analysed from both the perspectives-
expectation of the management and expectation of the volunteer, particularly in
the context of developing countries. Among the various parameters,
accountability or broadly responsibility of volunteers is also an essential
area of discussion. "There is an urgent need to assess current status and
provide better understanding of volunteer behaviour, motivations, attitudes
expectation and other related issues to all stakeholders in the field of CR
especially in the developing nations."
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Dutta, A. (2014, November 9). Who are the Volunteers in Community Radio? Community Communications. https://www.comcomm.org/2014/11/who-are-volunteers-in-community-radio.html
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Dutta, Ankuran. "Who are the Volunteers in Community Radio?" Community Communications, 9 Nov. 2014, www.comcomm.org/2014/11/who-are-volunteers-in-community-radio.html. Accessed ............

Cite this article as-
APA
Dutta, A. (2014, November 9). Who are the Volunteers in Community Radio? Community Communications. https://www.comcomm.org/2014/11/who-are-volunteers-in-community-radio.html
MLA
Dutta, Ankuran. "Who are the Volunteers in Community Radio?" Community Communications, 9 Nov. 2014, www.comcomm.org/2014/11/who-are-volunteers-in-community-radio.html. Accessed ............
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