Radio in the Global AgeISBN: 978-0-7456-2068-8
Hardcover
280 pages
October 2000, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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'David Hendy's Radio in the Global Age is the best
introduction to contemporary radio I have read. Hendy has done a
masterful job of providing an outstanding overview while making a
compelling argument about the role radio does play - and should
play - in the social landscape.' Robert W. McChesney, Institute
of Communications Research, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
'An invaluable introduction to radio today, with detailed
illustrative material from all over the world. Hendy is a
practising radio broadcaster and his professional understanding of
the medium informs the whole book. It is beautifully written. An
essential read.' Professor Paddy Scannell, University of
Westminster
'David Hendy's engaging and wide-ranging study offers a galaxy
of fascinating insights and revelations ... The book's
international scope is impressive ... Media students and radio
professionals should welcome the vast sweep and irrepressible
enthusiasm of this important survey as a significant contribution
to the expanding discipline of radio studies.' Times Higher
Education Supplement
'The book is formidably researched, showing a knowledge both of
current developments and the views of previous media scholars,
which Hendy often expresses more clearly than they have. He writes
like a true teacher: distinctions are carefully drawn, key points
clearly itemized. But his is not just a taxonomy of modern radio,
it is sprinkled with reflections which are clearly the result of
some shrewd intellectual thinking ... an outstanding book - a
milestone in radio studies.' European Journal of
Communication
'Hendy rightly reminds us that radio should be central to
discussions about the globalization of the music industry and the
concomitant debates about identity and culture. This book, then,
comes as a welcome intervention in the debates about media and
globalization and offers an essential contribution to a better
understanding of this "invisible medium". But Hendy does more than
simply fit the radio piece into the jigsaw of globalized media,
though this is undoubtedly a useful exercise in itself. With all
its peculiarities as a medium of sounds in world of images, as an
intimate, localized medium existing in the global age, putting the
radio at centre stage allows some of the cliches about
globalization to be problematized.' New Media and
Society
'David Hendy's book is a well-informed, clearly written and judicious survey of radio at the beginning of the digital era.' Journal of Australian Studies