Broadcasting Democracy: Radio and Identity in South Africa

The media―and especially radio―continue to be positioned at the center of debates about identity and cultural production in postapartheid South Africa. Tanja Bosch explores the diverse world of South African radio, focusing on the roles that various formats and stations play, as well as the ways in which these stations are in an important sense “broadcasting democracy.”
CONTENTS:
* Introduction.
* Public Service Broadcasting: A Brief History of Radio in South Africa.
* Community Radio: Subaltern Counterpublics.
* Commercial Talk Radio and the Public Sphere.
* Commercial Music Radio and Identity: Good Hope FM and Metro FM as Case Studies.
* Radio Convergence and Online Public Spheres. Conclusions: The Future of Radio in South Africa.