Music, Radio and the Public Sphere: The Aesthetics of Democracy

Fairchild, Charles

Radio, the most widely used medium in the world, is a dominant mediator of musical meaning. Through a combination of critical analysis, interdisciplinary theory and ethnographic writing about community radio, this book provides a novel theorization of democratic aesthetics, with important implications for the study of old and new media alike.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-06-26

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230390508

DOI: 10.1057/9780230390515

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 225