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Legendary broadcaster Red Barber took a chance on Scully when he asked him to be an announcer for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Three years later, Scully was the voice of the World Series.
Running Up That Hill had a prominent moment in the new season of Netflix’s Stranger Things – and now it’s being played on commercial radio and being discovered by a younger audience.
Soap operas, with their long and involved storytelling and large audience reach, can be uniquely positioned to enable narrative transportation.
The BBC has resumed broadcasting via shortwave radio to ensure civilians can access the news.
A speech expert wonders what this says about the pressures women in leadership roles feel – and the broader cultural impulse to police the way women speak and sound.
The role played by guerrilla radio in the liberation struggle will not be lost to history, thanks to books like this.
If women are to have a public voice in Ghana’s media ecology then a great deal more needs to happen.
Podcasting exploded due to the lack of gatekeepers. Now big tech companies are starting to act like traditional media networks, signing popular hosts to exclusive contracts and establishing paywalls.
Social media platform Clubhouse is a buzzy Silicon Valley darling, but its core attribute – audio chat – is unlikely to be a flash in the pan.
Empowerment can mean different things for different women, but access to information is key. In Mali radio is the main source of information.
Researchers have found a way to speed up the search for dark matter using technology from quantum computing. By squeezing quantum noise, detectors can now look for axions twice as fast.
For centuries, people largely read politicians’ words. But with the advent of radio, the ability of politicians to engage and entertain became crucial components of their candidacies.
BTS has broken record after record but the industry still discounts K-pop as not pop.
The poor resourcing of media houses in Ghana has contributed to political corruption
COVID-19 has accelerated the disintegration of New Zealand’s media. A state-led reconstruction strategy is the only answer.
News-making practices in private radio broadcasting in Ghana need a re-think.
With his defence of those on “struggle street” mixed with a hectoring and bullying style, Jones exerted enormous influence on Australian public life. But utlimately, progress ran over the top.
During the Second World War, anxious but also bored BBC listeners found comfort in the soothing sounds of Sandy Macpherson, Canadian-born organist.
The most popular broadcast medium in Ghana has gone through a politically fuelled evolution that has strengthened it.
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Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace, Walkley-winning podcast, University of Wollongong
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James Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Communication, Saint Xavier University
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Research Associate, Institute of Coding, Coventry University
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor of Modern History, University of Bristol
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Professor in Communication Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of Film and Media, Aberystwyth University
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Former Honorary Research Associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Managing Director, 2SER 107.3, University of Technology Sydney
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
