100 Years of Radio in South Africa, Volume 2

The book brings together media scholars and practitioners to deliberate on the role and influence of radio broadcasting in South Africa over the past 100 years. The publication will add to the existing body of knowledge on radio in this context by being among one of the few to consider radio broadcasting in South Africa. Essentially, the book will make a distinct contribution focusing on a critique of the medium's role in community-building and culture making among others. While the book will provide relevant theoretical frameworks, it also aims to include the voices of media practitioners who can reflect on the importance of this medium from a more realistic perspective. Volume 2 focuses on the impact of digitization on radio in South Africa, and considers the future of radio in South Africa.

Brings together reflections from academics and radio industry professionals Studies the impact digitization has had on radio in South Africa Considers the future challenges and opportunities facing South African radio industries and cultures

Autorentext

Sisanda Nkoala is Senior Lecturer of Media at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa, and author of numerous scholarly articles on music and communications in South Africa and beyond.
Gilbert Motsaathebe is Professor attached to the Indigenous Language Media in Africa research entity at the North-West University, Gilbert Motsaathebe holds a PhD in Film and Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Inhalt
1: Introduction_Community and Online Radio as Emerging Frontiers of South African Audio broadcasting: An introduction.- 2: Creating an enabling policy environment for democratic participation through community radio: Perspectives of a practitioner.- 3: Language Revitalization and Community Broadcasting in South Africa: A Case of Vaaltar FM.- 4: The Role of Community Radio in Youth Empowerment: A Case Study of Bush Radio.- 5: Radio Waves of Inclusion: A Practitioner's Perspective on the Catholic Church's Use of Radio Broadcasting for Evangelisation in South Africa.- 6: More than just Edutainment: Indigenous South African community radio music programmes as preservers of African Traditional Cultures.- 7: Radio and social media convergence: Motsweding FM's use of WhatsApp and the African language digital public sphere.- 8: Radio production in the digital era: lessons from South Africa.- 9: Podcasting Unleashed: Amplifying Indigenous Language Speakers' Agency in South Africa's Shifting Media Terrain.- 10: Evolving trends in radio broadcasting in South Africa: the case of Podcast and Chill with MacG.- 11: Final thoughts_Community Radio and the Digital Milieu: Challenges and Opportunities for the next century of South Africa's Radio Landscape.