scholarly journals Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Kocic ◽  
Jelena Milicev
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Local Level ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Local News ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Opt Out ◽  
Commercial Radio

Scotland does not have any public service radio on a local level, except for a few bulletins or programmes offered by BBC Radio Scotland on an opt-out basis. Scottish commercial radio stations do cover local issues but within brief hourly news bulletins, without any in-depth coverage, while community radio by and large lacks resources for any news coverage of its own. Through a review of the existing literature on the role of media in democracy, and in particular the role of local radio, interviews with stakeholders and experts and history, and focus groups with ordinary people, this study formulates several possible solutions for future local news provision by radio in Scotland.

scholarly journals The Role of Commercial Radio Stations in the Media Vacuum of Mai 68 in Paris

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Richard Legay
Keyword(s):  
News Coverage ◽  
Public Broadcasting ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Commercial Radio ◽  
The Media ◽  
May 1968

Commercial radio stations RTL and Europe n°1 played an important role during the events of May 1968 in Paris by maintaining the news coverage of the protests, the riots and the strikes. By analyzing the entanglements of the various audiovisual media and surviving audio material,this article defends the idea that a vacuum created by the crisis that affected the French public broadcasting agency is one of the main reasons that brought the commercial radio stations at the centre of the events.

scholarly journals Radio station “Mayak” for 55 years: stages of development

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-347
Author(s):  
Tatiana Yu. Pynina
Keyword(s):  
Decisive Role ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Broadcasting System ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Commercial Radio

This article is devoted to the 55th anniversary of the beginning of broadcasting radio “Mayak”. Due to a number of circumstances, among which the format of the radio station and the professional staff of its employees played a decisive role, “Mayak”, successfully working and having a large audience in the Soviet period, remained in the post-Soviet period, without losing its importance and weight. Having received in 2000 FM frequency, he was able to compete in the air and became an integral part of the new broadcasting system. The author identifies and analyzes the main innovations that have arisen in the air of this station, subsequently perceived by private commercial radio stations that have appeared in the post-Soviet space. The relevance of the article in determining the role of radio “Mayak” in the development and activities of domestic broadcasting, as well as in increasing the prestige and importance of the work of radio journalists. When writing the article, the author, who worked on the air of “Mayak” for more than ten years, who was both a witness and a participant in a number of innovative projects, used both conversations with veterans of the station and his personal experience, and the empirical method of research of the radio station “Mayak”.

Facilitating Public Service Provision: The Emerging Role of Municipal Television News in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 130-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Television News ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
Local Officials

AbstractDespite strict state controls, negative news about local officials is reported in China. Faced with political constraints and the incentive and pressure to earn profits, municipal television news programmes have developed and adopted the life news model (minsheng xinwen), which aims to help citizens solve problems. The production process of this news model has transformed the political role of the broadcast media at the local level. Many life news reports focus on disputes between citizens and local officials. Thus, addressing citizen grievances essentially facilitates public service provision. Based on an ethnographic case study of a municipal television news programme, this article finds that the production process of life news reports can facilitate public service provision by correcting local officials’ behaviour, regardless of whether the news reports are eventually broadcast. This unintended role is a result of the power negotiation between local officials and journalists who face immense commercial pressure.

De rol van de kerken in het publieke domein

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-121
Author(s):  
Gerrit de Kruijf ◽  
Henk de Roest
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Robert Putnam ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
The Church

This article offers a bird’s-eye view of the position of the church towards the state, ending in a description of the church’s relationship to democracy. In addition, the authors sketch Dingemans’s view of the role of the church in society and describe possibilities for relevant speaking and acting of the church in the public domain, both at the national level and at the local level of villages and housing estates. Special attention is paid to the role of churchgoers who are active as volunteers both within their own religious communities and outside (e.g. community and public service). Empirical research demonstrates that church attendance predicts volunteering or, in the words of Robert Putnam, that ‘church people are unusually active social capitalists’.

scholarly journals Beyond the playlist: commercial radio as music culture

Popular Music ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-195
Author(s):  
Heikki Uimonen
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Commercial Radio

AbstractThis article presents the historical transformation of Finnish commercial radio popular music policies from 1985 to 2005 and contemplates the role of terrestrial radio in contemporary digital age. It argues that a sender-centred paradigm of early commercial radio was replaced swiftly by receiver-centred paradigm, which has been applied since the early 1990s. The change of radio music cultures is described in detail by dividing it into three different eras: Block Radio, Format Radio and Media Convergence. The study draws on the research project consisting of case studies analysing the music content of various radio stations. The primary empirical data is composed of 32 interviews of radio personnel and the analysis of 4,500 individual songs broadcast by popular music radio stations with newspaper and journal articles supporting the primary data. Radio music culture is approached theoretically from the ethnomusicological perspective and thus defined as all practices that have an effect on broadcast music, including the processes of acquiring, selecting and governing music. The empirical results of the study show that the transformation of radio music cultures is affected by economic, technological, legal, organisational and cultural factors.

scholarly journals The smartphone generation of community radio listeners: Is FM sustainable?

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-124
Author(s):  
Janey Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid System ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Audience Research ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Community Radio ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Sample Group ◽  
Analogue Signal ◽  
Commercial Radio ◽  
The Uk

This article examines the current environment of audio transmission services in the UK with particular regard to the community radio sector. Community radio stations in the UK are having to consider the extent to which their audiences choose to listen on an FM analogue signal and whether this is sustainable for them. The number of new platforms that a listener is using to access audio programming now includes DAB, SSDAB, TV carriers and online services. There are also developments to the actual receivers that may be used, in particular the use of smartphones to listen via online Wi-Fi or 4G. Currently there are no plans for an FM turn off in the UK and a hybrid system of transmission and reception is the most likely outcome for the foreseeable future. The consequences of this environment for the broadcasters, the listeners and the audio content are discussed in turn. A sample group of twelve community radio stations have been studied to assess current practices. This group are the remaining stations from the original Access Pilot community radio stations that went on air in 2002 and so are the oldest and most established of the UK stations. This article provides baseline definitions where relevant and uses recent data from national audience research, regulatory and other bodies to assess what people are listening to and how, along with examples from public service and commercial radio, as well as community radio.

scholarly journals Music in Radio Broadcasting as a Factor of National Identity Formation

2016 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Pavlo Miroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Commercial Radio ◽  
National Music ◽  
National Identity Formation

The main objective of this research was to define the potential of Ukrainian popular music as a means of national identity formation on the commercial radio. The methodology of the research included an analysis of scientific data about the main problem of the study to define its conception; a comparative analysis aimed to characterize the Ukrainian and European legislation in media, especially the effective means of supporting national music; interpretation of sociological data allowed to define the role of the radio in the process of national identity formation; monitoring of commercial radio stations uncovered the efficacy of their musical policies. The main conclusions of the study indicate that the Ukrainian radio listeners mainly underestimate the role of domestic culture and music for the process of national identity. It is peculiar to the post totalitarian societies. The attitude of the Ukrainians to the national culture, particularly to music, depends on the attitude to Ukrainian language. The sociolinguistic data demonstrate the correlation between a positive attitude to Ukrainian language and the same attitude to the national culture. People who speak Ukrainian have a higher interest to the national culture and music than people who speak Russian. The monitoring has uncovered that the music in Russian language considerable prevails on the Ukrainian commercial radio stations, but the demand for Ukrainian music is very high. The owners of the Ukrainian media holdings opposed the attempt of the state to increase the quota of national music on the radio, especially in Ukrainian language. At the same time, active communities and Ukrainian musicians continue to defend the right of the Ukrainians to use domestic music in the process of national identity formation.

scholarly journals From the President of RUSA: Libraries and Local News: Expanding Journalism, Another User Service Grounded in Reference

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris LeBeau
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Local Community ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Local News ◽  
Financial Challenges

Always on the prowl for new user services, I was intrigued by a program held at my local public library in 2009 called “Democracy and Decline in Local Reporting.” The topic has stuck with me ever since. At the time, our city’s newspaper was experiencing severe financial challenges, which residents found alarming. With newspapers across the country in similar straits, the library assembled a panel to discuss alternatives for gathering and distributing local news to communities. Nearly ten years later, the situation has not improved much for local community news coverage. Thinking back to that library panel, I’ve decided to further investigate the impacts of, and possible solutions for, this problem. This piece attempts to reinvigorate a news initiative and promote a user service that has foundations in traditional reference. It is a service that offers opportunities for both public and academic libraries. The initiative is a community-centric public service centered on news.

The Role of Minority Journalists, Candidates, and Audiences in Shaping Race-Related Campaign News Coverage

2018 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 1079-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingxiao Sui ◽  
Newly Paul ◽  
Paru Shah ◽  
Brook Spurlock ◽  
Brooksie Chastant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Racial Composition ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Local News ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
State Legislative ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The question of whether press coverage of racial/ethnic minorities has improved remains. This study tackles it by examining (a) how journalists’ race/ethnicity affects campaign news coverage of race-related issues and (b) whether the nature of coverage is moderated by minority candidates and the racial composition of audiences. We pair local news coverage of 3,400 state legislative candidates with news data from 663 news outlets. We find newsroom diversity by itself does not influence the coverage of race-related issues. But in areas with large numbers of minority audiences, media outlets with diverse newsrooms are significantly more likely to cover race-related issues.

Everybody Follows the Crowd?

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Obermaier ◽  
Thomas Koch ◽  
Christian Baden
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Election Campaigns ◽  
Bandwagon Effect ◽  
Political News ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Opinion Polls ◽  
Electoral Preferences

Abstract. Opinion polls are a well-established part of political news coverage, especially during election campaigns. At the same time, there has been controversial debate over the possible influences of such polls on voters’ electoral choices. The most prominent influence discussed is the bandwagon effect: It states that voters tend to support the expected winner of an upcoming election, and use polls to determine who the likely winner will be. This study investigated the mechanisms underlying the effect. In addition, we inquired into the role of past electoral performances of a candidate and analyzed how these (as well as polls) are used as heuristic cues for the assessment of a candidate’s personal characteristics. Using an experimental design, we found that both polls and past election results influence participants’ expectations regarding which candidate will succeed. Moreover, higher competence was attributed to a candidate, if recipients believe that the majority of voters favor that candidate. Through this attribution of competence, both information about prior elections and current polls shaped voters’ electoral preferences.

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