Serving the Public Interest in a Crisis: Radio and Its Unique Role

During times of crisis, radio stations frequently operate in the public interest, disseminating critical information concerning the crisis, as well as information on remedial steps that can be taken by the affected public. Questions remain concerning the level of preparedness across varying stations, as well as self perceptions concerning the role of radio in these instances. A survey of 127 radio stations indicates that many stations do not invest much time in crisis training and preparedness, and instead rely heavily on the EAS system. Differences in these findings across market size, format, and frequency are discussed.     

Immersive Audio Storytelling: Podcasting and Serial Documentary in the Digital Publishing Industry

Structural shifts behind the rise of podcasting have led to programming aimed at sustaining audience attention, a development coinciding with the sharp increase in engaged time with digital longform content among mobile users. This study industrially and culturally situates 3 case studies: True Murder (a pioneering precursor to This American Life producers’ Serial), S-Town (Serial’s successor that far exceeded its listenership), and Ear Hustle (Radiotopia’s experiment in subject-produced content made by two inmates at San Quentin State Prison). Each case illustrates how distinct sectors of the podcasting industry approach the production of absorbing nonfiction through transparent journalism featuring self-reflexive metanarrative.     

Effects of Local-Market Radio Ownership Concentration on Radio Localism,the Public Interest,and Listener Opinions and Use of Local Radio

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and ensuing radio ownership consolidation are often blamed for harming radio localism and the public interest. The present research sought to determine effects of local-market radio ownership concentration on listener opinions and use of radio—potentially indicative of stations' localism and public service—by surveying listeners in markets categorized by ownership concentration. Findings suggest concentration does not strongly influence perceptions; however, overall results indicate potentially negative consequences from local and national consolidation on amounts of local music, news, and public-service programming; live-local programming; and station responsiveness.     

Public Radio at a Crossroads: Emerging Trends in U.S. Public Media

While useful in establishing U.S. public media, the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 is an imperfect instrument for moving public radio to a secure future. Policies governing public broadcasting are insufficient to address the economic, political, social, and technological changes upending media organizations, both commercial and non-commercial. The urgent need is for more flexible structural arrangements as public radio and public television stations merge, partner with non-profit media entities, and seek funding that builds on the strength of the local public radio network as well as responds to the demand for imaginative, on-demand content from national networks.     

音频工作站在广播剧制作中的应用

本文旨在阐明音频工作站作为一种新兴的数字化音频设备,在使用中的主要特性、在广播剧制作中所起到的作用以及和 模拟制作方式相比所具有的优势;并简要介绍在使用音频工作站时存在的一些误区。     

如何开展新时期公共图书馆的外文服务

论文分析了目前国内公共图书馆外文信息服务的现状，并结合多个公共图书馆的实践，提出了开发公共图书馆外文信息资源、优化外文信息服务的具体方法和建议。     

真实的魅力--《傻子沉浮录》纪实声音创作谈

本文以现场录音师的角度,对电视纪录片<傻子沉浮录>的纪实声音创作进行了较为完整的总结,并且将纪录片同期声的认识提升到一个新的角度,从本质上阐明了纪实声音在纪录片中所占据的主体地位.     

"青歌赛":有效的公益传播

本文回顾和梳理了青歌赛24年的发展历程和成就,进而从公益传播的角度对其成功经验进行了简要阐述.     

Distinctiveness of Public Radio in the Age of Digitization

This article examines the distinctiveness of the public broadcaster offer in the roll-out of digital terrestrial radio across 25 European markets. Distinctiveness was measured through the number of services and the diversity of genres provided by the same broadcaster on analogue-only, simulcast and digital-only stations. The results illustrate which public broadcasters have made an effort to provide exclusive digital services and which genres are being preferred in digital. As a whole, the research provides useful insights into the role of public media as drivers of digital radio and technological innovation.     

公共图书馆有声阅读推广策略研究

大众生活节奏逐渐加快,人们获取精神文化信息的时间变得更加碎片化,有声阅读巧妙地迎合了这一需求。当前,公共图书馆要基于实际情况,创建馆藏有声资源,创新有声推广模式,服务新时期城市文化建设。     

The C.B.S. Problem in American Radio Historiography

The Columbia Broadcasting System (C.B.S.) emerged in the late 1920s as the only sustainable competitor to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in American network radio. But scholars know far less about C.B.S. than NBC because the C.B.S. corporation failed to retain, and make accessible to media historians, internal archival and documentary materials from its developmental era. This article examines the historical void created by America’s second network while offering two specific historical case studies to establish how the loss of C.B.S. materials continues to hinder knowledge about America’s second network, the American system of broadcasting, and the political economy of the commercial mass media in the United States.     

论公共图书馆制度的公共利益优先原则——以与公共借阅权制度相比较为视角

公共图书馆制度是适应人类社会文明进步的需要而产生的公益制度,它由初期的公益活动发展为当今国家为保障公民文化权利实现的重要公益制度,充分体现社会效率和公平正义的价值;公共借阅权制度是维护版权人个人利益的制度;对于公权力而言,如果在公共资源无法同时满足公共图书馆制度的公益和公共借阅权制度的个人利益时,应当优先维护公共图书馆制度的公共利益。     

Content Analysis of Local News: Evaluating the Public Interest in Media Programming

Courses: Introduction to Mass Media, Media Effects, Media Ethics, Broadcast Journalism

Objective: To develop critical awareness of media programming trends such as content homogenization, “infotainment,” and the programming structure of news content, in order to help students develop critical awareness of the public interest obligations of commercial broadcasting     

Developing New Organizational Identity: Merger of St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Beacon

Using St. Louis Public Radio and the St. Louis Beacon as a case study, this research applies social identity theory to examine the pre- and post-merger identities of the organizations and their workers. The merger experience is a guide for other institutions considering similar moves. By understanding the impact of a merger, news organizations can better manage the process by reinforcing how changes align with the pre-merger organizations’ identity and the new emerging identity.     

图书馆平衡著作权私权利益与公共利益的职能审视

图书馆拥有提高公众素质、开发信息资源、传播文化、促进文艺和科技进步的公益性功能。图书馆采购作品,回报作者;传播作品,丰富著作权人收益、保证公众作品使用;守望作品公有领域,确保公共利益。因此,图书馆在维系著作权个人利益与社会公共利益和谐均衡方面,起着至关重要的作用。     

图书馆平衡著作权私权利益与公共利益的职能审视

图书馆拥有提高公众素质、开发信息资源、传播文化、促进文艺和科技进步的公益性功能.图书馆采购作品,回报作者;传播作品,丰富著作权人收益、保证公众作品使用;守望作品公有领域,确保公共利益.因此,图书馆在维系著作权个人利益与社会公共利益和谐均衡方面,起着至关重要的作用.