TY - JOUR

T1 - The politics of talk on german free radio stations

AU - Pinseler, Jan

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 82 - 83

PY - 2008/2/1

Y1 - 2008/2/1

N2 - Today there are a wide range of non-commercial radio stations in Germany. Though mostly treated similarly by broadcasting authorities there are major differences in how these stations are thought of and run. This paper argues that for community radios to be radical media they have to develop a way of empowering people to use radio for promoting their issues, especially helping those who are normally not heard. This goes far beyond the training for media literacy most German broadcasting regulators encourage. Drawing on a conversation analysis case study of current affairs programmes on a German Free Radio station, it is pointed out that these shows incorporate both forms of talk ...

AB - Today there are a wide range of non-commercial radio stations in Germany. Though mostly treated similarly by broadcasting authorities there are major differences in how these stations are thought of and run. This paper argues that for community radios to be radical media they have to develop a way of empowering people to use radio for promoting their issues, especially helping those who are normally not heard. This goes far beyond the training for media literacy most German broadcasting regulators encourage. Drawing on a conversation analysis case study of current affairs programmes on a German Free Radio station, it is pointed out that these shows incorporate both forms of talk ...

KW - Media and communication studies

KW - radical media

KW - conservation analysis

KW - community radio

KW - free radio

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/bc252af0-a187-385f-bd06-5433346d3b2a/

U2 - 10.16997/wpcc.51

DO - 10.16997/wpcc.51

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 5

SP - 67

EP - 85

JO - Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture

JF - Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture

SN - 1744-6716

IS - 1

ER -