On Air: Methods and Meanings of Radio

by Cindy Wieringa and Martin Shingler

Book Overview

Surpassed by television as the primary source of entertainment and information, radio still has a unique place in the mass media spectrum. At once powerfully pervasive and totally invisible, it's a fascinating subject for study. This wide-ranging theoretical and critical approach provides an in-depth examination of radio's codes (speech, music, noise, and silence), the conventions of using these codes, and the dominant modes of reception. The text...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340652314
• ISBN13: 9780340652312
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"