Citizens’ Media against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia

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CITIZENS’ MEDIA AGAINST ARMED CONFLICT This page intentionally left blank University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London CITIZENS’ MEDIA AGAINST ARMED CONFLICT Disrupting Violence in Colombia CLEMENCIA RODRÍGUEZ Portions of chapter 3 were published as “Knowledges in Dialogue: A Participatory Evaluation Study of Citizens’ Radio Stations in Magdalena Medio, Colombia,” in Making Our Media: Global Initiatives toward a Democratic Public Sphere, vol. 1, Creating New Communication Spaces, ed. Clemencia Rodríguez, Dorothy Kidd, and Laura Stein, 131–54 (Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, 2010). Portions of chapter 3 were also published as Clemencia Rodríguez and Amparo Cadavid, “From Violence to Discourse: Conflict and Citizens’ Radio in Colombia,” in Conflicts and Tensions, vol. 1 of the Cultures and Globalization series, ed. Raj Isar and Helmut Anheier, 313–27 (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2007); published by the UCLA Center for Civil Society. Lyrics from the song “Anthem” copyright Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rodríguez, Clemencia. Citizens’ media against armed conflict : disrupting violence in Colombia / Clemencia Rodríguez. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8166-6583-9 (hc : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8166-6584-6 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Citizen journalism—Colombia. 2. Local mass media—Political aspects—Colombia. 3. Mass media—Political aspects—Colombia. 4. Political violence—Press coverage— Colombia. 5. Insurgency—Press coverage—Colombia. I. Title. PN5052.R53 2011 079 .861—dc22 2010048760 The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Para Antonia, Mariana y Leonarda. Ojalá a ellas el país no les duela tanto como a nosotros. This page intentionally left blank The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence. —Joyce Carol Oates This page intentionally left blank ...