Corporate-controlled, political infotainment makes up the bulk of AM radio programming. But there was a time when these stations were more attuned to the needs of the community.
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Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
When the USSR launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1 didn’t do much other than regularly “beep” over the radio. Yet, this simple sound is associated with the beginnings of space exploration.
Video may not kill the radio star, but podcasting and the lack of a single digital standard might.
It has died before … but this time it’s probably for keeps.
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Research Fellow and Writer-in-Residence, CONNECT, The Centre for Future Networks, Trinity College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor, Sociology/Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
