Radio Content in the Digital Age

Angeliki Gazi is a visiting lecturer of media psychology at the Cyprus University of Technology and vice chair of the Radio Research Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association.Guy Starkey is professor of radio and journalism at the University of Sunderland and author of several books, including Radio in Context and Radio Journalism.Stanislaw Jedrzejewski is professor of sociology of media and social communication at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

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• Introduction: Radio and the Digital Age – Angeliki Gazi, Guy Starkey and Stanislaw JedrejewskiPart I: Convergence Chapter 1: Interactivity on Radio in the Internet Age: A Case Study from France – Blandine SchmidtChapter 2: Convergence in Spanish Talk Radio Stations’ Websites with the Participative Resources Provided by web 1.0 and 2.0 – Jose Luis Requejo Aleman and Susana Herrera DamasChapter 3: Portuguese Internet Radio from 2006 to 2009: Technical Readiness and Openness to Interaction – Pedro PortelaChapter 4: Radio and web 2.0: Direct Feedback – Carmen Peñafiel SaizChapter 5: Radio as the Voice of Community: Locality, Interactivity and Experimentation – Maria PapadomanolakiPart II: Content Chapter 6: Blurring Fiction with Reality: The Strange Case of Amnésia, an Italian ‘Mockumentary’ – Tiziano BoniniChapter 7: Radio and the Web: Analysis of the News Strategies of the Spanish Talk Radio Networks, 2008–9 – Elsa Moreno, Maria del Pilar Martinez-Costa and Avelino AmoedoChapter 8: Lost and Challenged Contents: Music Radio Alternatives and Cultural Practices – Vesa Kurkela and Heikki UimonenChapter 9: Music Radio in the Age of Digital Convergence: A Case Study of the Catalan Context – Josep Maria Martí, Xavier Ribes, Maria Gutiérrez, Luisa Martínez and Belén MonclúsChapter 10: Whatever You Say, Say Nothing: Analysing Topics on Liveline – Frank ByrnePart III: CommunityChapter 11: Online Community Radio, an Alternative Model: Analysis of Characteristics, New Formats and Contents – Pascal RicaudChapter 12: New Technologies and the Facilitation of Participation in Community Radio Stations – Rosemary DayChapter 13: The Future of Local Radio in the Digital Era: Opportunity or Threat? The Case of Small, Local, Community Radio in the Flemish Community – Hilde van den Bulck and Bert HermansChapter 14: Slovenia and the Origins of its Community Radio – Mojca PlansakChapter 15: The Community of Radio Listeners in the Era of the Internet in Africa: New Forms and New Radio Content, the Fan Club Zephyr Lome (Togo) as a Basis for Analysis – Etienne L. Damome