Abstract

The paper questions the pervasive western intellectual universalism which disregards Global South imaginations for generalized approaches. Using field data from Uganda about Community Audio Towers (CATs), the western-generated community media theory is interrogated, accentuating its failure to account for the intricate relationship between the individual, society, and small media. To cover the gap, the Small Media System Dependency theory is herein introduced as a geocultural response to lack of theory from the South.

中文翻译：

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小型媒体中的依存关系理论化

摘要

本文对普遍存在的西方知识普遍主义提出了质疑，这种普遍主义无视全球南方对通用方法的想象。使用来自乌干达的有关社区音频塔（CAT）的现场数据，对西方产生的社区媒体理论进行了审视，这突显了该理论未能说明个人，社会和小型媒体之间错综复杂的关系。为了弥补这一空白，本文引入了小型媒体系统依赖理论，作为对南方缺乏理论的一种地理文化回应。