Reading Radio 4
A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station
Authors: Daly, Macdonald
Free Preview- One of the very few books to analyse critically the actual content of radio programmes
- As up-to-date as possible (programmes analysed were broadcast as recently as January 2016)
- Argues for a renewed appreciation of radio within Cultural Studies
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- About this book
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This book is a study of contemporary Radio 4 output, covering the entire broadcast day. Radio is largely neglected by media and cultural studies. The small body of existing work on Radio 4 is predominantly historical, focusing on institutional history, or sociological, focusing on contemporary BBC editorial and journalistic practices. Reading Radio 4, by contrast, analyses contemporary Radio 4 programmes entirely from the point of view of today’s listener. Individual chapters correspond to all existing Radio 4 timeslots in the entire broadcast day of 19 hours 40 minutes, from 5.20am to 1.00am. The study, while academic in approach, aims to promote an informed and critical appreciation of Radio 4 for all listeners, as well as students of the media.
- About the authors
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Macdonald Daly taught at the University of Nottingham for 25 years before his retirement in 2016.
- Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-33
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05.20 Shipping Forecast
Pages 35-47
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05.30 News Briefing
Pages 49-51
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05.43 Prayer for the Day
Pages 53-57
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05.45 Farming Today
Pages 59-65
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Reading Radio 4
- Book Subtitle
- A Programme-by-Programme Analysis of Britain's Most Important Radio Station
- Authors
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- Macdonald Daly
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-57657-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/978-1-137-57657-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-57656-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 302
- Topics
