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Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America

Kate Wright, Martin Scott, Melanie Bunce

New York: Oxford University Press (2024), viii, 294 pp.

"How did the Trump administration capture one of the world’s most important public service news networks? This book uses rare interviews and an analysis of private correspondence and internal documents to explain why and how Voice of America (VOA) became intensely politicized from 2020 to 2021. It ... more

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Whose Voices? How Media Policy Shapes Minority Language Radio in Taiwan

Ya-Chi Chen

Global Media and Communication, volume 16, issue 1 (2020), pp. 40-56

"This article explores the interaction between media policy and the development of minority language media, in this case, Hakka language radio stations. It examines how media policy has been caught between neo-liberal economic development and election politics and delineates the extent to which medi ... more

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Hostages of Peace: The Politics of Radio Liberalization in Somaliland

Nicole Stremlau

Journal of Eastern African Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2013), pp. 239-257

"Somaliland has held several competitive and multiparty elections that have been cited by international election monitors as being ‘‘free and fair.’’ While political competition has been tolerated, or even encouraged by the governments in power, there has been a continued reluctance to allow ... more

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Radio on the Iberian Peninsula: Autarky, Revolution and Convergence

Luis Arboledas, Montse Bonet

International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 2 (2013), pp. 205-224

"This article aims to compare Portuguese and Spanish radio broadcasting systems from the mid-1970s to the present, from a political economy approach. It analyses the regulatory framework (communication policies) and the ownership structure. It explains how a highly similar situation has been reached ... more

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Radio in Small Nations: Production, Programmes, Audiences

Richard J. Hand, Mary Traynor (eds.)

Cardiff: University of Wales Press (2012), xi, 199 pp.

"Whether at a local, national, or international level, radio has played and continues to play a key role in nurturing or denying—even destroying—people’s sense of collective identity. The essays in this volume provide a historical and contemporary overview of radio in small nations. A number o ... more

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The Future of Small Scale Radio: A Research Report for Ofcom

Essential Research; Ofcom (2011), 72 pp.

"The Government is currently developing a Digital Radio Action Plan which is considering how national and large local stations might migrate to digital-only broadcasting at some point in the future. Small-scale radio stations, both commercial and community, would remain on FM. The Government is also ... more

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National Consultation on Community Radio Policy

New Delhi: UNESCO (2011), 130 pp.

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Other Voices: The Struggle for Community Radio in India

Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik

New Dehli et al.: Sage (2007), 319 pp.

"This book not only offers a historical account of the struggle for community radio in India, but also provides a documentation of the efforts of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and rural communities to realise the Brechtian mandate to use radio as a tool to build a robust civil society in the ... more

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