Product Description
There is more to modern radio than music formats and "capsule" news, mostly being treated as a background or "secondary" medium. This collection of essays shows how in America, Europe, and Australia the medium continues to provide distinctive forms of content, and in some cases programming that is commonly thought to be the preserve of television. It examines the audiences who exist for this kind of broadcasting and the way in which it enables them to acquire or confirm their ethnic or cultural identity. It also suggests that these functions will be enhanced by internet radio, with its global reach, interactivity and potential for convergence with other media.
