Radio in the Global Age

List of Table.

List of Boxes.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Radio in the Social Landscape.

The Structure of this Book.

Chapter 1: Industry.

The Global Structure of Radio:.

Industrial Sectors.

Funding and Goals.

Local, National and International Dimensions.

Commercialization:.

Diversity.

Consolidation and Control.

Technology.

A Global or a Local Industry?.

Chapter 2: Production.

Producers:.

Producing 'actuality'.

Producing narratives.

Producing 'liveness'.

Time and Money.

Formats:.

Programme Formats.

Station Formats.

Schedules.

Creativity versus Predictability.

Chapter 3: Audiences.

The Act of Listening.

The Radio Audience.

The Active Audience.

Chapter 4: Meanings.

Radio as Communicator.

Radio texts: Talk and Music:.

Talk.

Music.

Radio and Modernity: Time, Place and 'Communicative Capacity'.

Time.

Place.

'Communicative Capacity'.

Chapter 5: Culture.

Radio and Democratic Culture.

Radio and Identity.

Radio, Music and Cultural Change.

Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index