Overview

The traditional radio medium has seen significant changes in recent years as part of the current global shift toward multimedia content, with both digital and FM making significant use of new technologies, including mobile communications and the Internet. This book focuses on the important role these new technologies play—and will play as radio continues to evolve. This series of essays by top academics in the field examines new options for radio technology as well as a summary of the opportunities and challenges that characterize academic and professional debates around radio today.

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Author:   Angeliki Gazi (Cyprus University of Technology, Greece) ,  Guy Starkey (University of Sunderland.) ,  Stanislaw Jedrzejewski (Kozminski University, Poland)
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.413kg
ISBN:  

9781841504230

ISBN 10:   1841504238
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   15 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Radio and the Digital Age – Angeliki Gazi, Guy Starkey and Stanislaw Jedrejewski Part I: Convergence  Chapter 1: Interactivity on Radio in the Internet Age: A Case Study from France – Blandine Schmidt Chapter 2: Convergence in Spanish Talk Radio Stations’ Websites with the Participative Resources Provided by web 1.0 and 2.0 – Jose Luis Requejo Aleman and Susana Herrera Damas Chapter 3: Portuguese Internet Radio from 2006 to 2009: Technical Readiness and Openness to Interaction – Pedro Portela Chapter 4: Radio and web 2.0: Direct Feedback – Carmen Peñafiel Saiz Chapter 5: Radio as the Voice of Community: Locality, Interactivity and Experimentation – Maria Papadomanolaki Part II: Content  Chapter 6: Blurring Fiction with Reality: The Strange Case of Amnésia, an Italian ‘Mockumentary’ – Tiziano Bonini Chapter 7: Radio and the Web: Analysis of the News Strategies of the Spanish Talk Radio Networks, 2008–9 – Elsa Moreno, Maria del Pilar Martinez-Costa and Avelino Amoedo Chapter 8: Lost and Challenged Contents: Music Radio Alternatives and Cultural Practices – Vesa Kurkela and Heikki Uimonen Chapter 9: Music Radio in the Age of Digital Convergence: A Case Study of the Catalan Context – Josep Maria Martí, Xavier Ribes, Maria Gutiérrez, Luisa Martínez and Belén Monclús Chapter 10: Whatever You Say, Say Nothing: Analysing Topics on Liveline – Frank Byrne Part III: Community Chapter 11: Online Community Radio, an Alternative Model: Analysis of Characteristics, New Formats and Contents – Pascal Ricaud Chapter 12: New Technologies and the Facilitation of Participation in Community Radio Stations – Rosemary Day Chapter 13: The Future of Local Radio in the Digital Era: Opportunity or Threat? The Case of Small, Local, Community Radio in the Flemish Community – Hilde van den Bulck and Bert Hermans Chapter 14: Slovenia and the Origins of its Community Radio – Mojca Plansak Chapter 15: The Community of Radio Listeners in the Era of the Internet in Africa: New Forms and New Radio Content, the Fan Club Zephyr Lome (Togo) as a Basis for Analysis – Etienne L. Damome

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Author Information

Angeliki Gazi is Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Communication and Internet Studies, Cyprus University of Technology,. Professor Guy Starkey is the author of Radio in Context and Balance and Bias in Journalism: Representation, Regulation and Democracy, both published by Palgrave Macmillan as well as co-author, with Professor Andrew Crisell, of Radio Journalism, published by Sage. Stanislaw Jedrzejewski is a professor of Sociology of Media and Social Communication, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

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