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The author examines the gendered Oedipal dynamics in Steven H. Cooper’s discussion and the notion of the “phallic collapse” in the context of recruiting a “third.” By comparison, the developmental thrust of Jody Messler Davies’s commentary is examined, specifically the idea of the various registers located in particular self-other configurations and the primacy of sensory experience in unlocking the impasse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Radio propaganda clearly played a role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 in which over a million people, mainly Tutsi, were killed. Foreign media and many commentators saw the propaganda as based on ethnic difference. Through an analysis of eighty-six Radio Rwanda and Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines broadcasts, the author shows how reliance on one explanation – be it of ethnicity, politics, ‘race’ or occupation – falls short and oversimplifies. She argues that in fact the broadcasts ‘othered’ the target group by simultaneously drawing on multiple constructions of Hutu and Tutsi identities from many periods in Rwanda’s history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between 1934 and 1944, prominent marine zoologist William John Dakin occupied a public role as an Australian Broadcasting Commission radio commentator. For 10 years during the pioneering days of national radio, he broadcast his opinions, convictions, and idiosyncratic theories about science and society to the Australian public. At a time when the place of the sea in white Australia's history and culture was little-spoken about, Dakin used the influential new media channel of radio to reinforce the place of the ocean in Australian life. Of specific interest is the unorthodox way he positioned Australian identity in relation to the sea rather than the land. Also unconventional in the 1930s were his claims about human biological evolution from the sea. Well before mainstream acceptance of the theory of evolution, William Dakin delighted in speaking on national radio about the controversial and subversive subjects of man's “fishy ancestors” and “the ocean in our blood”. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The aim of this paper is to advance in the study of the formal features of the radio comments, a genre that appeared in Spanish talk radio programming in the late 90s and that has now become a key piece in any news, sports or entertainment program. From a more particular perspective, we are interested in analyzing the colloquial register as a stylistic constant that can be found in many comments, despite being highly planned texts, to humanize the texts, making them closer and more familiar to the audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the lessons learned about preparing and recording audio commentaries. First, do not risk going into a studio without a script of some kind to record a commentary. Next, consider to involve other people in a commentary. Finally, identify scenes of the film to make a subject of the commentary.

The author discusses the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and its application on the case of breach of the Broadcasting Code involving radio presenter Jon Gaunt and the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) in Great Britain. He provides an overview of the regulations for media comments on political rights and legal decisions. He also notes the applicability of offensiveness standards and content requirements to the broadcast media and speech.

The author reflects on the discussion of Michel Foucault, a celebrated French intellectual, on children and their sexuality. He argues on whether Foucault's approach in the discussion of the said topics can explain the intellectual's low profile, which was presented through radio discussions and was transcribed and published. An overview of Foucault's discussion on the logics and characteristics of children and sexuality is also presented.

This article concerns the radio broadcast as mediated sports event. In particular, it has to do with the ways in which meaning is constructed in ball by ball cricket commentary in the BBC broadcast Test Match Special (TMS). Its central concerns are: the extent to which the live radio broadcast can be considered a narrative; how does TMS narratively construct the Test match; and what is the relationship between this construction and the discourses which frame meaning? The analysis offered in the article centres on the TMS commentary of the final Test match between England and Australia in the 2009 Ashes series. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, information radio in Puerto Rico has increased their opinion programming and downsized newsrooms. As a result, partisan commentators' opinions dominate the audiences' information diet. Using the hierarchy of influences model, this study examined how forces at the media organization level shaped news/talk radio content. In-depth interviews with radio workers revealed that ownership, finances, and editorial leaning impacted content, causing the displacement of formal news programs and the consolidation of an offer based on political commentary and opinion. En los últimos años, la radio de información en Puerto Rico ha aumentado su programación de opinión y ha reducido sus salas de redacción. Como resultado, las opiniones de los comentaristas partidistas dominan la dieta informativa de las audiencias. Utilizando el modelo de jerarquía de influencias, este estudio examinó cómo las fuerzas a nivel de la organización de los medios daban forma al contenido de la programación radial. Entrevistas en profundidad a trabajadores de radio revelaron que la titularidad por propiedad, las finanzas y la inclinación editorial impactaron contenidos de manera que provocaron el desplazamiento de los informativos formales y la consolidación de una oferta basada en el comentario y la opinión política. Ces dernières années, la radio d'information au Porto Rico a augmenté sa programmation d'opinion et réduit ses salles de rédaction. En conséquence, les opinions des commentateurs partisans dominent le régime informationnel du public. En utilisant le modèle de la hiérarchie des influences, cette étude a examiné comment les forces au niveau de l'organisation des médias ont façonné le contenu des nouvelles/ [End Page 119] programmes radio. Des entretiens approfondis avec des travailleurs de la radio ont révélé que la propriété, les finances et les préjugés éditoriaux ont eu un impact sur le contenu qui a conduit au déplacement des bulletins d'information officiels et à la consolidation d'une offre basée sur l'opinion et les commentaires politiques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]