{"product_id":"more-than-a-music-box-radio-cultures-and-communities-in-a-multi-media-world-9781845450465","title":"More Than a Music Box: Radio Cultures and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSince the rise of television, much radio consists of 'capsule' news and music formats which are heard as background to other activities. However the medium offers a great deal more. This collection of essays shows how in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the South Pacific, radio continues to provide distinctive forms of content for the individual listener, yet also enables ethnic and cultural groups to maintain their sense of identity. Ranging from radio among the primordial communities to digital broadcasting and the internet, these essays suggest that the benefits and gratifications which radio confers remain unique and irreplaceable in this multi-media age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“The editor freely admits the book is a snapshot, a ‘spread of impressions’, but the range of approaches and insights are its strength…these rich, varied and reflective, if not obviously connected, articles add to fascinating discussion of how we listen, what we got out of it and just what it is that makes radio, radio.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e- The Radio Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAndrew Crisell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: INSTITUTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Look with Thine Ears: BBC Radio 4 and Its Significance in a Multi-Media Age\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAndrew Crisell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e BBC Radio 5 Live: Extending Choice Through ‘Radio Bloke’?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGuy Starkey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e U.S. Public Radio: What is It – and For Whom?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBob Lochte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Digital Reflections of Finnish Speech Journalism: YLE Radio Peili\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMarko Ala-Fossi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: IDENTITIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Indigenous Radio in Canada\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eValerie Alia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Native American Radio: Wolakota Wiconi Waste\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBruce L. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e National Public Service Radio in the South Pacific: A Community Loudspeaker\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eHelen Molnar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away: Gay Radio, Past and Present\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlan Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Continuities and Change in Women’s Radio\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eKate Lacey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: GENRES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Reality Radio’: The Documentary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid Hendy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Radio and Popular Culture in Germany: Radio Culture Between Comedy and ‘Event-isation’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAndreas Hepp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Radio as a Medium for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMike Ladd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e A Medium for Mateship: Commercial Talk Radio in Australia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTerry Flew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e Fireside Issues: Audience, Listener, Soundscape\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eFrances Gray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: NEW TECHNOLOGY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e Dutch Web Radio as a Medium for Audience Interaction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMartine van Selm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNicholas W. Jankowski\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBibi Kleijn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/b\u003e Speech Radio in the Digital Age\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRichard Berry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042962669911,"sku":"9781845450465","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845450465.jpg?v=1750956421","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/more-than-a-music-box-radio-cultures-and-communities-in-a-multi-media-world-9781845450465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}