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- Title
Review of Radio Studies teaching: A debating point: radio in the curriculum in the United States of America.
- Authors
Keith, Michael C.
- Abstract
This article discusses the study of the role of radio in society in the U.S. The continuing need for a module dedicated to the role of radio in culture and society was underscored at Radio: A Transnational Forum in 2003, in Madison, Wisconsin. While a couple of attendees from U.S. institutions (which will remain nameless) indicated that their individual programmes offered such a module, their assertions are inaccurate, if not baseless. What both of their respective institutions offered were modules pertaining to the role of media in society, with a unit of their syllabuses allocated to a cursory discussion of radio. These essentially were survey modules and far from what should have been included in radio curricula. This showed that an even greater sense that the academic community still resists the notion of embracing a module which examines the unique contributions radio has made to the lives of its listeners and in the countries it has so steadfastly served. Indeed, radio is more than production and performance, more than jukebox and disc jockeys. It has been a significant social force since its inception nearly a century ago, but where are the modules that analyze and assess this most consequential aspect of the medium? In the United States, Television and Society modules abound in communication programmes, but its obvious counterpart - Radio in Society-is rarely, if ever, to be found. This speaks volumes about the attitude and perception of the academy regarding the social, cultural, and historical value of the audio medium. Consequently the field of radio studies lacks the cachet of other spheres of media scholarship.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RADIO broadcasting education; CURRICULUM; RADIO broadcasting -- Social aspects; RADIO audiences
- Publication
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, 2004, Vol 2, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
1476-4504
- Publication type
Article