Listening in Radiophonic Spaces
Politics and Aesthetics of Early British Broadcasting
$178.23
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2026
Summary
Based on research in the BBC archives, this book examines the negotiation and establishment of a figure of the ideal listener and ideal listening in the context of BBC radio drama in the 1920s.
Guided by the idea of itself as a public service, the BBC articulated a new space of aesthetic experience constituted by broadcasting as a public sphere from the very beginning and conceived of its listener as a citizen, characterized by a specifically trained listening and the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798765149379 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Dr. Tobias Gerber |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Dr. Tobias Gerber
Tobias Gerber is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is co-editor of the collection Radiophonic Materials (2024) and of volume I.B.5 of the Friedrich Kittler Complete Edition (forthcoming).
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