Key Concepts in Radio Studies » (New Edition)

The SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding. Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.

Key Concepts in Radio Studies

Provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use introduction to the field

Grounds theory with global examples

Takes it further with recommended reading

Covers the central ideas and practices from production and media studies

Situates radio studies within its historical context and contemporary auditory culture.

Hugh Chignell is Associate Professor of Broadcasting History at the Media School, Bournemouth University.

'This book is a useful starting point for radio students and staff, packed with citations and pithy comment from the author. It is a rich resource book for academic radio study at all levels.'

Janey Gordon, University of Bedfordshire

Introduction
PART 1 Genres and Production
Acoustics
Broadcast Talk
Comedy
DJs and Presenters
Documentaries and Features
Drama
Magazines
Music
Phone-ins
Podcasting
Recording
Serials and Soaps
Sport
Talk Radio
PART 2 Audiences and Reception
Audience
Blindness
Codes
Co-presence
Hot and Cool Media
Imagined Community
Intimacy
Liveness
Noise
Radiogenic
Radio World
Reception
Secondariness
Sound Culture
Soundscape
PART 3 The Radio Industry
Advertising
Commercialism
Community Radio
Convergence
Formats
Internet Radio
Localism
Mirco Radio
Pirate Radio
Regulation
Transmisson
PART 4 Politics and the Public Sphere
Current Affairs
Development
Gender
Hate Radio
Journalism
News
Politics and the Public Sphere
Propaganda
Public Service Broadcasting
Radiocracy
References