Radio content in the digital age: the evolution of a sound medium

"The traditional radio medium has seen significant changes in recent years with the current global shift toward multimedia content, with both digital and FM making significant use of new technologies, including mobile communications and the Internet. This book focuses on the important role these new technologies play--and will play as radio continues to evolve. Originally from talks given at the 2009 Radio Content in the Digital Age conference in Cyprus, this series of essays by top academics in the field examines new options for radio technology as well as a summary of the opportunities and challenges that characterize academic and professional debates around radio today."--Publisher.

Based on papers presented at the conference Radio content in the digital age, held at the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, 14-16 October 2009.

Interactivity on radio in the Internet age : a case study from France -- Convergence in Spanish talk radio stations' websites with the participative resources provided by Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 -- Portuguese internet radio from 2006 to 2009 : technical readiness and openess to interaction -- Radio and Web 2.0 : direct feedback -- Radio as the voice of community : locality, interactivity and experimentation -- Blurring fictio with reality : the strange case of 'Amnésia', an Italian 'mockumentary' -- Radio and the Web : analysis of teh news strategies of the Spanish talk radio networks, 2008-9 -- Lost and challenged contents : music radio alternatives and cultural practices -- Music radio in the age of digital convergence : a case study of the Catalan context -- Whatever you say, say nothing : anlaysing topics on 'Liveline' -- Online community radio, an alternative model : analysis of characteristics, new formats and contents -- New technologies and the facilitation of participation in community radio statiosn -- The future of local radio in the digital era : opportunity of threat? The case of small, local, community radio in the Flemish community -- Slovenia and the origins of its com…