Author: Nichakan Yuenyao
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-10-03
Year: 2010
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2010
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Mokbul M. Ahmed, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study examined people’s participation in Wat Dok Chan community radio, Tap Yai Sub – district, Surin Province. The main objectives of the research were to investigate the listener’s behavior in community radio to assess benefits of people’s participation in the community radio to study the ways of involvement, extent, intensity and aspects of people’s participation in community radio to analyze factors affecting people’s participation in the community radio and identify problems and prospects and to suggest recommendations to strengthen people’s participation in the community radio. The research was an exploratory type of research applying both the qualitative and quantitative approaches. It was based on a questionnaire survey at household level with a total of 107 households from three communities in Tap – Yai sub – district, Rattanaburee district, Surin Province. The major finding of the research found community members were likely to listen to radio programs around 3 – 4 hours per day. Usually, they listened to five live broadcasting programs that broadcast during time period 04.00 – 10.00 p.m. Community members perceived that they gained high degree benefits in social, economic and institutional aspects from their participation. The level of people’s participation in the community radio activities under key development stages including decision – making, implementation and management and M&E stages was quite low in the intensity. Community members more actively participated in the implementation stage rather than the decision – making and the M&E stages. The intensity of people’s participation in the community radio activities was associated with the intensity in listening to the community radio programs, perception of the people’s satisfaction on news for Buddhist program, degree of benefits gained on ability to organize meeting and training course and ability to desi
Scholarship Donor(s): Ford Foundation
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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