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Talk Back Radio Builds Community – New Research

December 15, 2008 – 6:43 pm

Many forms of talkback help  build communities, social cohesion and identity formation, according to some recent research.
Following on from my post about the things we need to learn from talk-back radio, I have been contacted by Julie Posetti of the University of Canberra, who with Jacqui Ewart (Griffith Uni) has been researching Australian talkback radio [...]

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What We Need to Learn from Talk-Back Radio Demigods

December 15, 2008 – 1:40 am

I was talking to a colleague last week about whether radio will survive the technological media revolution, and in what form.
My take was that talk radio, particularly talk-back radio, will do well. Music radio will die, and indeed is already dead for most people under thirty. Long-form talk and documentary will have a bright future, [...]

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