Voices as Visuals: A Review of Community Radio as a Graphic Communication Tool for Intercultural Social Change
Abstract
This review examines Montoya Ortega’s dissertation on the transformative role of community radio among Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Nicaragua. Based on three URACCAN radio stations, it shows how campaigns on health, land rights, and identity enhance strategic and participatory communication. Using a mixed-methods approach, it traces the relationship between civic action, culture, and identity. The study offers graphic communicators and public service communicators valuable tools for designing social change, revealing how sound, rhythm, and collective memory can generate new forms of visual narrative.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Media and Communication Studies
Indigenous Studies in Latin America
Media
Communication
and Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Questiones Publicitarias
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 37
- Pages
- 39–42
- Publication date
- 15 January 2026
- Language
- EN