Music, Radio and the Public Sphere
Author | : Charles Fairchild |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2012-06-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780230390515 |
ISBN-13 | : 023039051X |
Rating | : 4/5 (51X Downloads) |
Download or read book Music, Radio and the Public Sphere written by Charles Fairchild and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio, the most widely used medium in the world, is a dominant mediator of musical meaning. Through a combination of critical analysis, interdisciplinary theory and ethnographic writing about community radio, this book provides a novel theorization of democratic aesthetics, with important implications for the study of old and new media alike.