Sound, Space and Society
Kimberley Peters
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Description for Sound, Space and Society
Hardback. Series: Geographies of Media. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In 1964, rebel radio stations took to the seas in converted ships to offer listening choice to a young, resistant audience, against a backdrop of restrictive broadcasting policies. This book draws on this exceptional moment in social history, and the decades that followed, teasing out the relations between sound, society and space that were central to ‘pirate’ broadcasting activities. With a turn towards mediated life in geography, studies of radio have been largely absent. However, radio remains the most pervasive mass communications medium.
This book breaks new ground, discussing in depth the relationship between radio, space and society; considering how ... Read more
In 1964, rebel radio stations took to the seas in converted ships to offer listening choice to a young, resistant audience, against a backdrop of restrictive broadcasting policies. This book draws on this exceptional moment in social history, and the decades that followed, teasing out the relations between sound, society and space that were central to ‘pirate’ broadcasting activities. With a turn towards mediated life in geography, studies of radio have been largely absent. However, radio remains the most pervasive mass communications medium.
This book breaks new ground, discussing in depth the relationship between radio, space and society; considering how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Geographies of Media
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137576750
SKU
V9781137576750
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Kimberley Peters
Kimberley Peters teaches Geography at University of Liverpool, UK. She is co-editor of Water Worlds (2014); The Mobilities of Ships (2015); Carceral Mobilities (2017); and Territory beyond Terra (2018). She is the author of over 30 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and the discipline-wide textbook, Your Human Geography Dissertation (2017).
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