Advanced Certificate in Community Media Technology

• Advanced Community Media Production: This unit will cover the advanced techniques and best practices for producing high-quality community media content. Topics may include audio and video recording, editing, and post-production, as well as live event streaming and social media integration.

• Community Media Management: This unit will focus on the business and operational aspects of community media organizations. Topics may include fundraising, marketing, outreach, and volunteer management, as well as financial management and strategic planning.

• Community Media Policy and Advocacy: This unit will explore the role of community media in shaping public policy and promoting social change. Topics may include media policy and regulation, community media activism, and the relationship between community media and other social and political institutions.

• Community Media Technology and Infrastructure: This unit will cover the technical infrastructure that supports community media organizations, including networking, server administration, and content management systems. Topics may also include emerging technologies and their potential impact on community media.

• Community Media Research and Evaluation: This unit will focus on the methods and best practices for conducting research and evaluation in the field of community media. Topics may include survey design, data analysis, and program evaluation, as well as the ethical considerations involved in conducting research with communities.

• Community Media Ethics and Standards: This unit will explore the ethical and professional standards that apply to community media organizations and their staff and volunteers. Topics may include journalistic ethics, freedom of expression, and the role of community media in promoting diversity and inclusion.

• Community Media and Social Justice: This unit will examine the role of community media in promoting social justice and addressing issues of inequality and discrimination. Topics may include community media and human rights, community media and the environment, and community media and marginalized communities.

• Community Media and Globalization: This unit will explore the impact of globalization on community media and the ways in which community media can respond to and engage with global issues and trends. Topics may include the role of community media in promoting cultural diversity, the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization, and the potential for community media to contribute to global development efforts.

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