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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive companion is a much-needed reference source for the expanding field of radio, audio, and podcast study, taking readers through a diverse range of essays examining the core questions and key debates surrounding radio practices, technologies, industries, policies, resources, histories, and relationships with audiences.
Drawing together original essays from well-established and emerging scholars to conceptualize this multidisciplinary field, this book's global perspective acknowledges radio's enduring affinity with the local, historical relationship to the national, and its unpredictably transnational reach. In its capacious understanding of what constitutes radio, this collection also recognizes the latent time-and-space shifting possibilities of radio broadcasting, and of the myriad ways for audio to come to us ''live.'' Chapters on terrestrial radio mingle with studies of podcasts and streaming audio, emphasizing continuities and innovations in form and con
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"Radio's long history shines in this Routledge volume along with a spotlight on successes and new technology challenges for podcasting. The 46 chapters are complementary to one another and it's a great collection that will be cherished by historians and academics." -Kim Fox, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
"A rich, kaleidoscopic view into contemporary studies on all forms of audio media." Marko Ala-Fossi, Tampere University, Finland.
"A timely, necessary, and deep examination of audio history, genres, formats, audiences, markets, platforms, and technology. - Emma Rodero, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain.
"Radio's long history shines in this Routledge volume along with a spotlight on successes and new technology challenges for podcasting. The 46 chapters are complementary to one another and it's a great collection that will be cherished by historians and academics." -Kim Fox, American University in Cairo, Egypt.
"A rich, kaleidoscopic view into contemporary studies on all forms of audio media." Marko Ala-Fossi, Tampere University, Finland.
"A timely, necessary, and deep examination of audio history, genres, formats, audiences, markets, platforms, and technology. - Emma Rodero, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I Understanding Radio and Podcasting
1 But Is It Radio? New Forms and Voices in the Audio Private Sphere Michele Hilmes
2 Podcasting as a Hybrid Cultural Form Between Old and New Media Tiziano Bonini
3 Listening Back: Materiality, Mediatization and Method in Radio History Kate Lacey
4 Radio and Sound Studies: How We Got Here Susan J. Douglas
5 'Pause and Reflect': Practice-as-Research Methods in Radio and Podcast Studies Britta Jorgensen and Mia Lindgren
6 Understanding Radio Archives: Coalitional Historiography and Sound Memory Work Josh Shepperd
Part II Histories
7 Radio and Democratic Citizenship David Goodman
8 For Anyone Who’s Someone: Early Radio’s Democratic Promise Len Kuffert
9 Radio in New Zealand: The Neoliberal Experiment Comes of Age Matt Mollgaard and Rufus McEwan
10 Forming Networks: National Radio Networks − Public, State, and Commercial Anne F. MacLennan
11 Listening to Radio in South Africa, 1920s-1994 Thokozani N. Mhlambi
12 Transborder Broadcasting: Warfare, Propaganda, and Public Diplomacy on the Airwaves Nelson Ribeiro
13 Reactionary Conservatism and Legacies of Struggle in US Radio History Derek W. Vaillant
14 When Big Business was in Show Business: US Radio Before Television Cynthia B. Meyers
15 Ethereal Gender: Thoughts on the History of Radio and Women’s Voices Christine Ehrick
16 ‘When She Can Not Be Seen’: Constructing the Commercial Accent of Women’s Voices in Clara, Lu ‘n’ Em Jennifer Hyland Wang
Part III Formats, Genres, and Aesthetics
17 Radio Fever? The Health Roots of Early Radio Bill Kirkpatrick
18 Nobody Knows Anything: Recessive Epistemologies in True Crime Podcasting Neil Verma
19 True Crime and Audio Media Kathleen Battles and Amanda Keeler
20 Radio Formats: Sound Rules for Addressing the Narrowcast Audience Commodity Alexander T. Russo
21 BBC Woman’s Hour Kate Murphy
22 The Enduring Significance of The War of the Worlds as Broadcast Event Kathleen Battles and Joy Elizabeth Hayes
23 The Traffic in Feelings: The Car Radio Assemblage Jason Loviglio
24 Radio Features Dead or Alive? Lyn Gallacher
25 From Phoebe’s Fall to The Last Voyage of the Pong Su: How an Australian Newspaper Made Hit Narrative Podcasts Siobhán McHugh
26 Podcasting and Journalism in the Spanish-Speaking World Toni Sellas and Maria Gutieìrrez
27 Podcasting's Transmedia Liveness Alyn M. Euritt
28 Transgressing Boundary Rituals on Radio Leslie McMurtry
Part IV Radio and Podcast Publics
29 Community Radio as Development Radio: A Critical Analysis of Third-Sector Radio in South Asia Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik, and Aniruddha Jena
30 Uneasy Allies: Community Radio and Communication for Social Change Bridget Backhaus and Jo Tacchi
31 Radio, Decolonization, and Decoloniality in the Caribbean Alejandra Bronfman
32 Radio's Role in Empowering Women in Conflict-Affected Areas Emma Heywood
33 Women FM (W.FM): The Women-Focused Radio Station Amplifying the Voices of Nigerian Women Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle
34 Radyo Tanudan: Sonic Collectivities in a Philippine Village James Gabrillo
35 Listening to Don Cheto on Contemporary US Spanish-Language Radio Dolores Inés Casillas
36 Can True Crime Podcasts Make Structural Violence Audible? Neroli Price
37 The evolving genre of Prisoner Radio: An International Examination Heather Anderson, Charlotte Bedford, and Urszula Doliwa
Part V Markets, Platforms, and Technologies
38 'This Is So Cool - Radio at My Fingertips!' Young People’s Responses to Radio Garden Caroline Mitchell and Peter Lewis
39 Taping the Radio: Recording Memories Zita Joyce
40 What Is a Podcast? Mapping the Technical, Cultural, and Sonic Boundaries Between Radio and Podcasting Richard Berry
41 ‘Podcast Studies’ and its Techno-Social Discourses Dario Llinares
42 From Niche to Mainstream: The Emergence of a Podcasting Culture and Market in the Italian Radio Context Marta Perrotta
43 The New Role of Music Radio Formats: The Platformization of the Radio System? J. Ignacio Gallego
44 How Radio is Remediated in Streaming: The Case of Radio in Spotify Andreas Lenander Aegidius
45 Artificial Intelligence and Radio Broadcasting: Opportunities and Challenges in the Chinese Context Meng Wei, Salvatore Scifo, and Yuanchun Xu
46 Radio Automation: Sonic Control in American Broadcasting Andy Kelleher Stuhl
