Do words fail you? Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different.
'Incredibly comprehensive. Learn and understand this lot and you will have a fine grasp' Jon Snow Essential Radio Journalism contains practical 'on-the-job' advice for gathering, reporting, writing, editing and presenting, the news, alongside media law and ethics.
Radio Drama brings together the practical skills needed for radio drama, such as directing, writing and sound design, with media history and communication theory.
Written by a leading expert in the field, this concise text explores the development and the future of public service broadcasting. It thoroughly explains key debates in terms of wider cultural contexts and examines key issues including legislation, funding and digitalisation. This is invaluable reading for all students of media and broadcasting.
Over the years, the radio documentary has developed into a strikingly vibrant form of creative expression. This title includes nineteen essays in which documentary makers tell - and demonstrate, through stories and transcripts - how they make radio the way they do, and why.
Radio in the Global Age offers a fresh, up--to--date, and wide--ranging introduction to the role of radio in contemporary society. It places radio, for the first time, in a global context, and pays special attention to the impact of the Internet, digitalization and globalization on the political--economy of radio.
Presents a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music.
The book charts the evolving relationship between cinema and radio during the heyday of the two media and compares and contrasts their development in Britain and America
Offers a history and a celebration of the many wonderful voices that were part of it: Marion Cran, who pioneered the first gardening programme in the 1920s; The Goons and Kenneth Horne, comedy greats of the 1950s; John Peel, Alan Freeman, Kenny Everett and other heroes of the pirate stations.
A practice and theory guide that sets out the best methods in producing sound for multi-media and the academic theories that underpin the history and analysis of sound expression. It teaches how qualitative sound can be produced for drama, documentary and journalism in radio, theatrical stage production, television and film, online, and animation.
Interviewing for Radio critically analyses previously broadcast interviews and together with advice from radio professionals explains the preparation, organization and communication required to produce a successful radio broadcast.
This revised and updated new edition of a core text for radio studies offers students a critical introduction to the field; it blends theory and practical guidance, covers the most important radio genres, and addresses key changes in the landscape of radio production since publication of the first edition in 2004.
The rhythmic lullaby of 'North Utsire, South Utsire' has been lulling the nation's insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. In 1995, a plan to move the late-night broadcast by just 12 minutes caused a national outcry and was scrapped. Published with Radio 4 and the Met Office, this is a miscellany for seafarers and armchair travellers alike.
A book for anyone who's ever fallen in love, tried to give up smoking, or consoled themselves that they'll never be quite as old as Mick Jagger. 'funny, fearless and unflinchingly truthful' Times Literary Supplement - Books of the Years 2014 'thought-provoking and inspiring' Independent on Sunday - Books of the Year 2014
Offers advice for those thinking of writing or beginning to write for radio. This book focuses mainly on radio drama techniques. It also covers documentary writing, radio soaps, radio comedy and useful advice on how to begin and maintain a career.
A practical guide to writing radio drama and getting it produced, by a leading radio dramatist and a hugely experienced radio drama producer who have both created award-winning dramas for the BBC.
An easy to use guide to radio theory and the relatively new field of 'Radio Studies', one of the most important growth areas in British and American Media Studies at present.
This standard text has been fully updated to include the new developments in radio. Crisell has added a chapter on the increasingly popular 'talk-and-music' format,
Offers trainee radio broadcasters and their instructors, guidelines to techniques applied to the making of radio shows, explaining how radio programmes are made and the conventions and techniques required to produce them. This book describes how these methods are applied through the use of a behind-the-scenes glimpse at industry practices.