This 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 content, delivery and reception, production cultures and aesthetics, reminding us that neither 'radio' nor 'podcasting' should be approached as static objects of analysis but rather as mutually constituting cultural forms.
This cutting-edge and vibrant companion provides a rich resource for scholars and students of history, art theory, industry studies, journalism, media and communication, cultural studies, feminist analysis, and postcolonial studies.
Author(s): Mia Lindgren, Jason Loviglio
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 501
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
introduction
Part I Understanding Radio and Podcasting
1 But Is It Radio?: New Forms and Voices in the Audio Private Sphere
Sound Documentary
Secrets and Whispers
But Is It Radio?
Offstage and Beyond the Book
Notes
References
2 Podcasting as a Hybrid Cultural Form Between Old and New Media
Introduction
Podcasting: Neither Radio Nor (Entirely) New Medium
The Remediation of Radio Through Podcasting
The Remediation of Radio Production Ecosystem
The Remediation of Radio Genres and Aesthetics
The Remediation of Radio Listening Practices
Conclusion: Podcasting as a New Hybrid Cultural Form
Acknowledgements
References
3 Listening Back: Materiality, Mediatization, and Method in Radio History
Notes
References
4 Radio and Sound Studies: How We Got Here
References
5 ‘Pause and Reflect’ Practice-As-Research Methods in Radio and Podcast Studies
Introduction
Practice-as-research Method
Theorizing Radio and Podcast Production in Practice-As-Research
Case Study: Researching Podcasts Through Podcasting
The Researcher-Practitioner in Podcast Research
Capturing the Wave – Process Over Product
Which Podcasters Should We Study?
Experimentation
Conclusion
Note
References
6 Understanding Radio Archives: Coalitional Historiography and Sound Memory Work
Activism and Radio Archival Historiography
Organizing a Radio Research Coalition Against Time
Collaborative Media Archival Research
Changes in Copyright Law and Digital Media Preservation
Conclusion
References
Part II Histories
7 Radio and Democratic Citizenship
References
8 For Anyone Who’s Someone: Early Radio’s Democratic Promise
References
9 Radio in New Zealand: The Neoliberal Experiment Comes of Age
Early New Zealand Radio Services
The Deregulation of New Zealand Radio
Beyond Deregulation: the Rise of Non-Commercial Radio Services
Maori Radio and the ‘Iwi Network’
Pacific Radio
Community Access Radio in New Zealand
Student Radio
Conclusion
References
10 Forming Networks: National Radio Networks - Public, State, and Commercial
Introduction
Challenges
Private Versus Public
Independent Broadcasting to Networks
Ship-to-shore
Dual and Hybrid Broadcasting Systems
Network Shortcomings – Conclusion
References
11 Listening to Radio in South Africa, 1920s–1994
The Fledgling Days of Broadcasting, 1920s to Early 1930s
Broadcasting Becomes a Public Institution, the 1930s
Springbok Radio in the 1950s
Selling Radio to the African Market
Expanding the SABC’s Commercial Enterprise
Shifting Institutional Centres
Election of a New Board
Changes in Policy and Direction for Business
Conclusion
References
12 Transborder Broadcasting: Warfare, Propaganda, and Public Diplomacy On the Airwaves
Shortwave Broadcasting in the Interwar Period
The Second World War and the Apex of International Broadcasting
International Broadcasting During the Cold War
Conclusion
Notes
References
13 Reactionary Conservatism and Legacies of Struggle in US Radio History
Pushing Back From the Left
Simply Red: HUAC and the Rise of the McCarthy Era
Note
References
14 When Big Business Was in Show Business: US Radio Before Television
Commercialism On the Air
Showmanship and Salesmanship
The Decline of Single Sponsorship
References
15 Ethereal Gender: Thoughts On the History of Radio and Women’s Voices
Patriarchy and the Microphone
Read for Sound, Listen for Gender
Conclusion: Radio History Is Sound History Is Gender History
Notes
References
16 ‘When She Can Not Be Seen’: Constructing the Commercial Accent of Women’s Voices in Clara, Lu ‘n’ Em
Creating Commercial Sound: Negotiating Women’s Talk On Early Radio
‘A Cheerful, Earful Hour’: the Production of Clara, Lu ‘n’ Em
‘So Sudsy and So Folksy’: the Evolving Daytime Sound of Clara, Lu ‘n’ Em
Conclusion: Inaugural Voices
Notes
References
Part III Formats, Genres, and Aesthetics
17 Radio Fever?: The Health Roots of Early Radio
Radio Technologies: Thinking With the Body
The Biodiscursive Construction of Radio
Biopolitics and Early Radio
Conclusion
Note
References
18 Nobody Knows Anything: Recessive Epistemologies in True Crime Podcasting
The ‘American’ Style of True Crime
In the ‘Know’
Recessive Epistemology
Conclusion: How Radio Got Its Deutungsbedürftig Back
References
19 True Crime and Audio Media
Golden Age Radio and Police Centred True Crime Stories
Podcasts and Justice Centred True Crime
Conclusion
Notes
References
20 Radio Formats: Sound Rules for Addressing the Narrowcast Audience Commodity
Notes
References
21 BBC Woman’s Hour
References
22 The Enduring Significance of The War of the Worlds as Broadcast Event
Introduction
What Took Place
Radio Conventions
Audiences
Media Power
References
23 The Traffic in Feelings: The Car-Radio Assemblage
Acoustic Cocoons
Driveway Moments
Notes
References
24 Radio Features Dead Or Alive?
Live Radio
Live History
Recording Intimacy
A Listening Act
Hörspiel
Hyper-listening
An Odd Place to Be
References
25 From Phoebe’s Fall to The Last Voyage of the Pong Su: How an Australian Newspaper Made Hit Narrative Podcasts
Podcasting as a New Form of Narrative Journalism
Making Phoebe’s Fall
Making The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
Conclusion
Note
References
26 Podcasting and Journalism in the Spanish-Speaking World
Podcasting as the New Sphere for Non-Fictional Audio Storytelling
Negotiating Journalistic Standards Through Podcasts
Delivering a Story Using the Episodic Nature of Podcasts
From Reality to the Audio Story: the Author’s Personal Shaping
Narrative Journalism Podcasts as Crafted Audio
Podcasting and Journalism in the Spanish-Speaking World: Final Thoughts and Prospects
References
27 Podcasting’s Transmedia Liveness
Podcasting’s Transmedia Liveness
Improvisational Comedy
Transmedia Presence
Monetizing Liveness
Conclusion
Notes
References
28 Transgressing Boundary Rituals On Radio
On Mono-Sensory Media
Found Footage
‘War of the Worlds’ and Its Predecessors
News Framing and Satire
Boundary Rituals and Establishing Community
Boundary Rituals, Genre, Technology, and True Crime
Notes
References
Part IV Radio and Podcast Publics
29 Community Radio as Development Radio: A Critical Analysis of Third-Sector Radio in South Asia
The Legacy of Radio for Development
Embracing the Development Agenda
Community Radio as a Depoliticized Medium
Notes
References
30 Uneasy Allies: Community Radio and Communication for Social Change
Theoretical Foundations of Community Radio
Communication for Social Change
Navigating Community Radio and Social Change
India
Australia
Concluding Thoughts
References
31 Radio, Decolonization, and Decoloniality in the Caribbean
Our Guest Today
“Endowing Citizens With a New Status”
Two Experiments
The Sound of Names
References
32 Radio’s Role in Empowering Women in Conflict-Affected Areas
Introduction
Three Levels of Empowerment and Radio’s Contribution
Why Is Radio Effective in Reaching Women in These Contexts?
First-order Choices and Radio’s Contribution
Second-order Choices and Radio’s Contribution
Third-order Choices and Radio’s Contribution
Conclusion
References
33 Women FM (W.FM): The Women-Focused Radio Station Amplifying the Voices of Nigerian Women
Introduction
Literature
Women-focused Narrowcasting
The Need for Women-Focused Radio
The Feminisms Driving Women-Focused Broadcasting
Methods
Findings and Discussion
Ideology
Staffing
Assessing WFM’s Programming
Conclusion: Will Nigeria’s Women Radio Survive?
Note
References
34 Radyo Tanudan: Sonic Collectivities in a Philippine Village
Mediated Sentiment
Community Sound
Vanishing Media
References
35 Listening to Don Cheto On Contemporary US Spanish-Language Radio
Institutional (Mis)recognition
Listening to Morning Radio
Investing in Nostalgia
Conclusion
Notes
References
36 Can True Crime Podcasts Make Structural Violence Audible?
Introduction: the True Crime Lens
The Case Studies: Finding Cleo and They Killed Dulcie
The Plot: Solving the Mystery
Characters: Victims and Villains
Scenes: Visualizing Systemic Violence Through Sound
Conclusion: Limitations and Real-World Resonances
Notes
References
37 The Evolving Genre of Prisoner Radio: An International Examination
What Is Prisoner Radio?
Method
Collective Case Study
Prison Radio in Poland – Areszt Sledczy W Olsztynie
Political and Geographical Contexts
Technical Factors
Human Dynamics
Prisoner Radio in the United Kingdom – National Prison Radio, Brixton
Political and Geographical Contexts
Technical Factors
Human Dynamics
Prisoner Radio in Australia – Beyond the Bars, Victoria
Political and Geographical Contexts
Technical Factors
Human Dynamics
Is There a Prisoner Radio Model?
Notes
References
Part V Markets, Platforms, and Technologies
38 ‘This Is So Cool – Radio at My Fingertips!’: Young People’s Responses to Radio Garden
Transnational Radio Encounters and the Development of Radio Garden
Young People, Radio, and Pandemic Listening
Radio Garden and Young People
Notes
References
39 Taping Radio: Recording Memories
Cassettes
Recording
Archiving
Recording RDU
Personal Archiving
Personal Identity
Tape Crackers: Pirate Radio and London Rave
Recording and Identity
Conclusion
References
40 What Is a Podcast?: Mapping the Technical, Cultural, and Sonic Boundaries Between Radio and Podcasting
More Than Three Letters: a Technical Definition of Podcasting
People: a Cultural Definition of Podcasting
Sounds: an Aesthetic Definition of Podcasting
Conclusion
Notes
References
41 ‘Podcast Studies’ and Its Techno-Social Discourses
Introduction: Podcasting: Technology, Practice, Or Medium?
Discourses of Technology and Society: Determinism vs. Constructionism
Techno-discursive Formations in Podcast Studies
Technology, Practice, Medium
Notes
References
42 From Niche to Mainstream: The Emergence of a Podcasting Culture and Market in the Italian Radio Context
Introduction
Listening in Italy: Radio vs. Podcast
The Italian Road to Podcast: Milestones and the Veleno (Poison) Case
La Piena
Morgana
Meat
Conclusion
Notes
References
43 The New Role of Music Radio Formats: The Platformization of the Radio System?
Introduction: From Streaming Services to Platformization
Commercial Radio: the End of Traditional Music Recommendation System
The Challenges for Public Radio
Conclusions: Opportunities From Underground
Notes
References
44 How Radio Is Remediated in Streaming: The Case of Radio in Spotify
Introduction
Theory and Method
Three Short Examples of Radio-Streaming Convergence and Cross-Media Strategies
The Case of Radio in Spotify
Analysis of Interface
Spotify for Desktop
The IOS Mobile App
Mobile Search Results and the Placement of Radio the Mobile GUI
Discussion
Notes
References
45 Artificial Intelligence and Radio Broadcasting: Opportunities and Challenges in the Chinese Context
The Application of AI Technologies in the Chinese Media Industry
The Application of AI in Radio Broadcasting
The Transformation of Radio Production Processes
A ‘Zero Error’ Virtual News Radio Broadcaster
The Virtual Entertainment Presenter
Interactive Presentation, Dialogue, and Communication
AI Data Retrieval, Machine Writing, and the Production of News Programmes
Provision of Personalized Content
Challenges and Pressures in the Chinese Media
Impact of the Large-Scale Production of High-Quality Media Content By Non-Professionals
Stimuli for AI-Based Media Content Production
The Move Towards Personalized Media Content
Conclusion: AI and the Future Development of the Chinese Radio Industry
References
46 Radio Automation: Sonic Control in American Broadcasting
Cue Tones
The Golden Age of Automated Radio
Automation and Autonomy
Acknowledgments
References
Index
