[Commlist] CFP Routledge Companion to Radio Studies

*Call for Papers to the inaugural/Routledge Companion to Radio Studies 
/(**Routledge Media Companions Series)*

**

Editors: Mia Lindgren, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, 
Australia and Jason Loviglio, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA

Dear colleagues,

We are calling for abstracts for the new /Routledge Companion to Radio 
Studies/, to be published in 2021.

This /Routledge Companion to Radio Studies/ will be a valuable reference 
source for the expanding field of radio, audio and podcast study. It 
will bring together 40-50 original essays to conceptualise the 
multidisciplinary field of radio studies. We welcome entries from early 
career researchers to emeriti scholars using theories and methods from 
media studies, historical studies, politics, communication, journalism, 
sociology and anthropology. We are looking for work that spans national 
boundaries and historical periods to present a coherent argument for 
understanding radio as a synecdoche for and a key agent in the creation 
of the last hundred years of technological, psychological, and cultural 
innovation and experience.

We are looking for abstracts that correspond to the themes below. We are 
especially interested in comparative work that generates insights and 
questions through historical and national juxtaposition. However, deep 
dives into particularly compelling objects of study are also welcome.

*Understanding radio - multidisciplinary approaches to studying radio, 
audio and podcasting.*

*Radio Histories*. Chapters addressing radio’s improvisational and 
reflexive history; its national address and international reach; its 
democratic promise and utility for propaganda, its technological appeal 
and affective tug, along with other tensions and contradictions.

*Radio Publics and Markets. *Chapters considering radio’s role, 
historically and today, in constituting new publics and new markets and 
with the disruptions and innovations that ensue.

*Formats, genres and aesthetics. *Chapters focusing on the development 
of specific radio forms as well as those that investigate radio’s role 
in remediating and being remediated by other media.

*Case Studies: Radio Voices, Cultures, and Identities*. We invite case 
studies of specific radio programs, stations, performances that 
illuminate issues of voice, culture, and identity. While the specific 
objects may not be universally known or distributed, we hope that they 
will touch on questions and themes that are broadly engaging and applicable.

*Podcasting. *Chapters exploring innovations in podcast programming and 
practice, as well as those that explore emerging industrial process and 
relationships in podcasting. We especially welcome abstracts for 
chapters that explore podcast programs, reception, and production 
outside the West and in languages other than English.

*Industries, Technologies and Platforms. *We invite chapters that focus 
on technological developments, industrial practices, and corresponding 
policies within the industries related to podcasting, radio 
broadcasting, and related sound-based media.

*Timelines:*

Chapter entries should be concise (around 4,000-5,000 words). All 
contributions should be new pieces: *we will not publish reprinted 
material *

  * *Abstract (approx. 300 words) and author bio (100 words) due Monday
    14 October 2019 *(email both Mia Lindgren (mlindgren /at/ swin.edu.au)
    <mailto:(mlindgren /at/ swin.edu.au)>and Jason Loviglio (loviglio /at/ umbc.edu)
    <mailto:(loviglio /at/ umbc.edu)>)
  * *Author confirmation 30 November 2019*
  * *Chapter due 30 April 2020*


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