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This innovative and clearly written handbook does exactly what it claims onthe cover providing students with accessible and authoritative knowledge ofthe essential topics in Radio Studies... Chignell writes about radio with anengaging mixture of scholarly detachment and private passion The RadioJournalThere is a need for a straightforward wideranging and uptodateintroduction to ways to study radio and other new audiobased media. HughChignells new book certainly fits the bill and admirably takes the readerfrom initial ideas through to additional readings which explore the core issuesin greater depth. It is crisply and engagingly written draws upon a very goodrange of scholarship and provides many useful contemporary examples...Students will find it an essential aid to their studies and it may even gosomeway to ensuring that the study of radio is as important in the academy asits visual cousins ViewfinderThis book is a useful starting point for radio students and staff packed withcitations and pithy comment from the author. It is a rich resource book foracademic radio study at all levels Janey Gordon University of BedfordshireThe SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible andauthoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines.Crossreferenced throughout the format encourages critical evaluation throughunderstanding. Written by experienced and respected academics the books areindispensible study aids and guides to comprehension.Key Concepts in Radio Studies Provides a comprehensive easytouse introduction to the field Grounds theory with global examples Takes it further with recommended reading Covers the central ideas and practices from production and media studies Situates radio studies within its historical context and contemporaryauditory culture «
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