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Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings, Sep 11, 2012
Abstract: The paper presents and summarizes the basic features of the radio landscape in Greece. ... more Abstract: The paper presents and summarizes the basic features of the radio landscape in Greece. Research shows that like most media in the country, radio developed upon a hierarchy of political, economic and cultural considerations, affected by complexes of political and economic interests. In this case, radio is not a simple “pipeline”, but rather an instrument that performs a dual function: it promotes the complexes of political and economic interests while it contributes to the construction of ideology and culture. Previous studies ...
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, the possibilities o... more Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, the possibilities of three different types of wireless communication technology were made evident to the western world. Instead of uncritically presenting US-based accounts, this article delineates the relationship between radio technology and communication, moulded by the notion of modern science, which bears as a consequence the establishment of broadcasting as a mass phenomenon in western societies. The above-mentioned relationship is explained without downplaying at the same time the existence of relativism in particular social settings. Thus, the article is underpinned by the interplay among the cultural, economic and political factors that finally led to the development of radio broadcasting during the 'Roaring Twenties'.
Radio Evolution: Conference Proceedings, Sep 11, 2012
Abstract: The paper presents and summarizes the basic features of the radio landscape in Greece. ... more Abstract: The paper presents and summarizes the basic features of the radio landscape in Greece. Research shows that like most media in the country, radio developed upon a hierarchy of political, economic and cultural considerations, affected by complexes of political and economic interests. In this case, radio is not a simple “pipeline”, but rather an instrument that performs a dual function: it promotes the complexes of political and economic interests while it contributes to the construction of ideology and culture. Previous studies ...
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, the possibilities o... more Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, the possibilities of three different types of wireless communication technology were made evident to the western world. Instead of uncritically presenting US-based accounts, this article delineates the relationship between radio technology and communication, moulded by the notion of modern science, which bears as a consequence the establishment of broadcasting as a mass phenomenon in western societies. The above-mentioned relationship is explained without downplaying at the same time the existence of relativism in particular social settings. Thus, the article is underpinned by the interplay among the cultural, economic and political factors that finally led to the development of radio broadcasting during the 'Roaring Twenties'.