Posts Tagged ‘ radio studies ’

What I Learned at Podcast Movement 2015

September 1, 2015
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What I Learned at Podcast Movement 2015

Jason Loviglio reports from the Podcast Movement 2015 industry conference, providing a state-of-the-industry rundown that includes the divide between professional radio broadcaster "Pro-casters" and amateur "Podcasters" and the shared discourse of podcasting-as-rebirth.
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Podagogy, a Word I Didn’t Make Up

June 25, 2015
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Podagogy, a Word I Didn’t Make Up

Neil Verma explores the different uses of collective listening in public events and in the classroom, reflecting on a recent experience teaching podcast studies to undergraduates.
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Teaching Radio’s History

Teaching Radio’s History

Bruce Lenthall discusses the challenges and opportunities of teaching radio history to a generation of students for whom even the metaphors we often use to think about radio's early history no longer resonate.
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A Turn Toward the Ruins of Radio History

A Turn Toward the Ruins of Radio History

Peter Schaefer writes about the public face of radio preservation, making a case for acknowledging what's been lost to the ages while simultaneously showcasing what's been found.
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You Ever Hear of a Girl Detective?: Negotiating Gender and Authority in Candy Matson

You Ever Hear of a Girl Detective?: Negotiating Gender and Authority in <em>Candy Matson</em>

How did post-World War II female detectives balance authority and femininity on the radio? Catherine Martin writes about knowledge of urban geography as the source of a detective's power in "Candy Matson."
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Honoring Hilmes: The Amplification of Women’s Voices

May 12, 2015
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Honoring Hilmes: The Amplification of Women’s Voices

In this seventh post in our "Honoring Hilmes" series, Jennifer Hyland Wang contends that Michele Hilmes' greatest contribution to media history is her feminism, including her focus on the many women who operated in and around broadcasting as well as her mentorship of female graduate students.
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Honoring Hilmes: Radioed Voices Podcast

May 10, 2015
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Honoring Hilmes: <em>Radioed Voices</em> Podcast

Listen to "Radioed Voices," a radio documentary/podcast paying tribute to media studies scholar and cultural historian Michele Hilmes on the occasion of her retirement.
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A Voice Made for Radio Studies: Michele Hilmes and the Building of a Discipline

May 4, 2015
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A Voice Made for Radio Studies: Michele Hilmes and the Building of a Discipline

In the first post in our "Honoring Hilmes" series, Bill Kirkpatrick argues that the quality of Michele Hilmes’ scholarship is undisputed, yet the example of her great work alone is not why Radio Studies is now thriving. It is also because Hilmes has done the (arguably much harder) work of field-building.
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Radio Studies at SCMS: From Justification to Exploration

March 31, 2015
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Radio Studies at SCMS: From Justification to Exploration

Bill Kirkpatrick continues our week-long series of reports from the SCMS 2015 conference. He argues that radio studies within SCMS is coming into its own, and the Society is better for it.
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Radio Studies at SCMS 2015

March 23, 2015
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Radio Studies at SCMS 2015

Alex Russo previews the radio oriented papers, workshops, and presentations at this week's upcoming Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Montreal.
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“Hollywood Goes to Harlem”: Radio’s Creation of an African-American Film Star

February 2, 2015
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“Hollywood Goes to Harlem”: Radio’s Creation of an African-American Film Star

75 years ago, African-American radio actor Eddie Anderson parlayed his “Rochester” role into intermedia stardom in film and popular culture.
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From Mercury to Mars: After the Martians: The Invasion of “Daytime” in the War of the Worlds Controversy

January 20, 2014
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From Mercury to Mars: After the Martians: The Invasion of “Daytime” in the War of the Worlds Controversy

In this final post in our series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years, Jennifer Hyland Wang analyzes how responses to the War of the Worlds broadcast exposed much of the gender and class discourses underpinning the American Broadcasting system.
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From Mercury to Mars: Vox Orson

January 16, 2014
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From Mercury to Mars: Vox Orson

The From Mercury to Mars series continues today with a new post from Murray Pomerance about Orson Welles' voice.
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From Mercury to Mars: The Legacy of War of the Worlds: What Happened Here?

December 16, 2013
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From Mercury to Mars: The Legacy of <i>War of the Worlds</i>: What Happened Here?

In this latest post in our ongoing series From Mercury to Mars: Orson Welles on Radio after 75 Years, Michele Hilmes ponders the relative absence of innovation in American radio drama over the past three decades.
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