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Radio geopolitics: broadcasting, listening and the struggle for acoustic spaces

Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK, a.d.pinkerton{at}rhul.ac.uk

Klaus Dodds

Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK

This paper considers some of the interdisciplinary scholarship on radio and sound more generally for the purposes of considering how geopolitical scholarship might reconsider its predominantly visual focus. The first part considers radio and its relationship to studies of propaganda, international diplomacy and even everyday life. Thereafter, attention is given to new themes such as researching radio cultures, broadcasting infrastructure and technology and, finally, the affective impacts of radio on audiences. The conclusion of this paper urges further critical consideration of radio, sound and broadcasting/listener engagement with the well-established geographical literature on music.

Key Words: audiences • communication • geopolitics • listening • radio.

This version was published on February 1, 2009

Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 33, No. 1, 10-27 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0309132508090978


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