The Routledge Companion to Radio and Podcast Studies

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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. 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