Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio

Zusatztext 'This valuable anthology gathers authors from many lands to describe how radio is growing and changing around the world. No matter the language or the programming! radio broadcasting remains a vibrant medium early in the 21st century. This anthology of scholarly papers underlines the many ways radio serves its listeners in both developed and developing nations. Despite a variety of competitors! radio is more than holding its own - not bad as the medium approaches its 100th birthday!' - Christopher H. Sterling! George Washington University! USA 'This book on international radio covers it all! from soup to nuts. It is both historical and contemporary. Anyone who teaches international communication! or includes this topic in a broader course! will want to have this book and consider it for student reading.' - Robert S. Fortner! American University in Bulgaria 'This work is an excellent reference on radio as it is known around the world; it has a clear organization and topics are easy to locate by means of a useful index. The book would be well suited as a text for a university course on comparative media or international broadcasting.' - Drew McDaniel! Journal of Radio & Audio Media! 2014.                                             Informationen zum Autor MARKO ALA-FOSSI Senior Lecturer at the University of Tampere, Finland.  EDNA TORMON-BERNABE Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.  MASUDUL BISWAS Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism/Communication at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA.  MONTSE BONET Senior Lecturer in the Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.  MICHAEL BROWN Professor of Communication and Journalism at the University of Wyoming, USA.  ÖZDEN CANKAYA Professor of Communications at the Faculty of Communications of Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey. CHWEN CHWEN CHEN Research Fellow and Assistant Director at the China Media Observatory of the Faculty of Communication Sciences in Lugano.  JEAN-JACQUES CHEVAL Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France.  ANDREW M. CLARK Associate Professor and Broadcast Sequence Coordinator at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA.  RALUCA COZMA Assistant Professor at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University, USA.  TONY R. DEMARS Associate Professor and Radio-Television Division Director at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA ELIZABETH L. ENRIQUEZ Professor in the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman GERMÁN ARANGO FORERO Associate Professor in the School of Communication at La Sabana University, Bogotá-Colombia.  BRADLEY C. FREEMAN Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  MARY WAIRIMU GATUAPh.D. candidate in Adult Education at the University of Wyoming, USA.  KLAUS GOLDHAMMER Founder of Goldmedia GmbH Strategy Consulting and Managing Director of the Goldmedia-Holding GmbH MAX V. GRUBBSenior Journalism Education Advisor for International Research Exchange (IREX) in the Republic of Georgia.  MARÍA ELENA GUTIÉRREZ-RENTERÍA Professor in the School of Business and Economics at Universidad Panamericana, México.  LAWRIE HALLETT Trained as a radio journalist and worked for various radio stations in the UK and Europe during the 1980s and 1990s HENRIK HARGITAI Senior Lecturer at the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Arts, Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Budapest, Hungary.  MICHAEL HUNTSBERGER Assistant Professor in the Department of Mass Communication at Linfield College, USA.  M. AMINUL ISLAMSenior Reporter for New Age, in Bangladesh. YUSUF KALYANGO, JR. Director of the Institute for International Journalism and Assistant Professor of Journalism in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, USA.  SVETLANA KULIKOVA Assistant Professor of International Co...

List of contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices About the Editor About the Contributors Acknowledgements Preface I. Radio: International Perspectives Chapter 1 'International Radio Broadcasting: It's Not What it Used to Be'; Andrew M. Clark Chapter 2 'International Radio Regulation: An Overview'; John Allen Hendricks, Montse Bonet, Lawrie Hallett, Svetlana Kulikova, and Chwen Chwen Chen Chapter 3 'Grassroots International Community Radio and Public Service Media: The Case of FIRE (Feminist International Radio Endeavor)'; Mary Wairimu Gatua, Michael Brown, and Tracey Owens Patton II. Western Europe Chapter 4 'The Impact of New Technology on Radio Broadcasting in the Netherlands'; Tony R. DeMars Chapter 5 'Achtung! Achtung! Hier ist die Sendestelle Berlin' German Radio between Regulation and Competition'; Klaus Goldhammer, Peter Laufer, and Sebastian Lehr Chapter 6 'French Radio, from the Eiffel Tower to 'Postradio''; Jean-Jacques Cheval Chapter 7 'For Better Pictures on Radio: How Nokia's Efforts for Multimedia Radio Have Shaped the Radio Landscape in Finland'; Marko Ala-Fossi III. Southern Europe Chapter 8 'Government-Sanctioned Anarchy: Greece's Chaotic Airwaves'; Michael Nevradakis Chapter 9 'Italy: From State Monopoly to a Private-led Radio Market through Controversial Digitalization'; Enrico Menduni Chapter 10 'Spanish Radio: When Digitalization Meets an Analog Business Model'; Montse Bonet Chapter 11 'Radio in Turkey'; Özden Cankaya and Cem Pekman IV. Eastern Europe Chapter 12 'The Radio Landscape in Hungary'; Henrik Hargitai, Csaba Szombathy, and Gary H. Mayer Chapter 13 'From Isolated and Controlled to Integrated and Democratic: Romanian Radio Found Its Voice'; Raluca Cozma Chapter 14 'Not by Ideology Alone: History and Development of Radio in Russia'; Svetlana Kulikova V. South and East Asia Chapter 15 'Voices of a Nation: Radio in the Philippines'; Elizabeth L. Enriquez, Edna Bernabe, and Bradley C. Freeman Chapter 16 'Red Dot on the Dial: Singapore RadioThen and Now'; Bradley C. Freeman and Yokanathan Ramakrishnan Chapter 17 'Tuning into Thailand: Radio's Struggle to Find its Voice in the Land of Smiles'; Pong Wisessang and Bradley C. Freeman Chapter 18 'Radio Industry in Bangladesh: Moving from State-run Monopoly Toward Diverse and Community Broadcasting'; Masudul Biswas and M. Aminul Islam Chapter 19 'The Gentle Giant: An Overview of the History and Economic and Cultural Politics of Post-Independence Indian Radio Industry'; Sudeshna Roy Chapter 20 'The Multi-Mediatization of Radio in China'; Lu Wei and Lingwei Shao Chapter 21 'Taiwanese Radio Broadcasting: The Regulatory Policy on the Radio; Spectrum and an Overview of Taiwanese Pirate Radio Stations'; Wei-Chun Victoria Wang VI. Latin America Chapter 22 'The Radio Industry in Colombia'; Germán Arango Forero Chapter 23 'Understanding the Radio Industry in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities'; María Elena Gutiérrez-Rentería and Josefina Santana VII. Ireland Chapter 24 'Radio in Ireland: Balancing Local, Commercial, and Public Service Dimensions'; Brian O'Neill VIII. United Kingdom Chapter 25 'Staying Relevant and Profitable in the 21st Century: The Challenges Facing the U.K.'s Commercial Radio Sector'; Richard Rudin Chapter 26 'New Media Community Radio: How the Internet and other 'New Technologies' Influence Community Broadcasting in the U.K.'; Lawrie Hallett Chapter 27 'Radio in the U.K.: Technology and Policy for an Industry in Transition'; Stephen Lax IX. Africa Chapter 28 'Radio Regulation in East Africa: Obstacles to Social Change and Democratization in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda'; Yusuf Kalyango, Jr. Chapter 29 'Egyptian Radio: From Colonialism to Independence, the Development, Evolution and 21st Century Challenges Confronting Radio in Transitional Democratic Societies'; Max V. Grubb X. North America Chapter 30 'U.S. Radio in the 21st Century: Staying the Course in Unknown Territory'; Michael Huntsberger Chapter 31 'The World through an American Lens: The Case of NPR'; Raluca Cozma Index

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'This valuable anthology gathers authors from many lands to describe how radio is growing and changing around the world. No matter the language or the programming, radio broadcasting remains a vibrant medium early in the 21st century. This anthology of scholarly papers underlines the many ways radio serves its listeners in both developed and developing nations. Despite a variety of competitors, radio is more than holding its own - not bad as the medium approaches its 100th birthday!'
- Christopher H. Sterling, George Washington University, USA
'This book on international radio covers it all, from soup to nuts. It is both historical and contemporary. Anyone who teaches international communication, or includes this topic in a broader course, will want to have this book and consider it for student reading.'
- Robert S. Fortner, American University in Bulgaria
'This work is an excellent reference on radio as it is known around the world; it has a clear organization and topics are easy to locate by means of a useful index. The book would be well suited as a text for a university course on comparative media or international broadcasting.'
- Drew McDaniel, Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 2014.

Product details

• Authors: John Allen Hendricks, Hendricks John Allen
• Assisted by: Joh Allen Hendricks (Editor), John Allen Hendricks (Editor), John Allen Hendricks (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9780230293076
• ISBN: 978-0-230-29307-6
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 39 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; B, Cultural History, Music, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Communication, Social & cultural history, Media and Communication, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Civilization—History