Electronic community media in Poland – current situation and future prospects

Urszula Doliwa

English version of the article

The electronic community media are an important element of media systems in many countries. What is more, in some EU documents EU members are encouraged to create and support the third sector of electronic media. However, in Poland there is little social awareness of what community media are and the existing legal regulation does not support the development of this kind of media. Thus, this article will discuss the idea of community media and the development of this sector of media in other countries. Moreover, characterized will be the current situation of community media in Poland. Additionally, the possibility of development of this kind of media will also be analysed.

KEYWORDS

social media, community media, civil media, civic media, third sector media, community radio, non-commercial radio, internet radio