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Category Archives: Radio
The Sociology of Sports-Talk Radio (9-6-21)
Bud: “Luke, because your intro to Carl Schmitt, I no longer believe in Democracy, Human Rights or the Constitution. You should be kvelling with pride!” Perhaps a thru-line to some of what I do is to create a little more … Continue reading
Argutainment (9-5-21)
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Ears Wide Shut: Epistemological Populism, Argutainment and Canadian Conservative Talk Radio
From an academic paper in 2011: * For many people, radio has a slightly anachronistic air about it. Perceived as technologically inferior to image-based media and less serious than textual media, radio is often ignored as a marginal and ephemeral … Continue reading
Talk about receiving, giving, and taking in radio interviews: ‘doing modesty’ and ‘making a virtue out of necessity’
Here are excerpts of an academic paper from 2005: * The following excerpt from an interview with the internationally acclaimed Canadian jazz singer, Diana Krall, illustrates how talk of giving and receiving is a site for doing modesty. In this … Continue reading
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A Political Scientist Rides the Talk Radio Circuit
Political scientist James G. Gimpel writes in 1996: * Old geezers sitting around in barber shops listening to cattle market and farm commodity reports, grousing about community problems, and bragging about their latest hunting and fishing expeditions. That’s my talk … Continue reading
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