Radio, the most widely used medium in the world, is a dominant mediator of musical meaning. Through a combination of critical analysis, interdisciplinary theory and ethnographic writing about community radio, this book provides a novel theorization of democratic aesthetics, with important implications for the study of old and new media alike.
Introduction: the Unknown and the Unheard PART I: ENFORCING AND EVADING RATIONALIZATION Social Solidarity in the Luminiferous Ether Corporate Rationality, Communicative Reason and Aesthetic Experience Of Communities and Constituencies: Radio, the Market and the State PART II: MAKING RADIO, MAKING MEANING What Does a Civil Society Sound Like? Local Music for Local People Mixing: the Rational, the Reasoned, the Resourceful Conclusion: the Unheard and the Unknown Bibliography Index
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