EARwitness Testimony: Applying Listener Perspectives to Developing a Working Concept of “Localism” in Broadcast Radio

Torosyan, Gayane; Munro, Charles

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“…At the same time, the industry is seeing a trend toward the ''hyperlocal,'' particularly in newspapers and on news websites (Kurpius, Metzgar, & Rowley, 2010;Stepp, 2011), a combination of technology and industry economics has fueled an opposite practice of outsourcing in local broadcast news. Such a trend has been documented in radio (Hood, 2007(Hood, , 2010(Hood, , 2011Torosyan & Munro, 2010) but is also occurring in local TV. A decade ago, Kaplan (2003) warned that the ''local'' in local TV was in danger, amid concerns that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), while looking at ownership rules, was not analyzing ''the content of local TV news to find out how local it really is'' (2003, p. 11).…”

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confidence: 61%

Remote Delivery of Local TV News

Hood

2014

Electronic News

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Outsourcing of local broadcast news, fueled by technology and industry economics, is a reality in a number of markets around the United States. Contrasted with the trend toward the “hyperlocal” in newspapers and websites, remote delivery produces newscasts for communities at great distance from the source. Under a framework of localism, this study examines the implications of such a delivery system for communities served, using a content analysis in six television markets—markets as large as Omaha, Nebraska. Using a data set of more than 1,000 stories, the study analyzes how local the outsourced newscasts really are. With local TV news still ranked the most used information source in the United States, how much local information outsourced broadcasts offer viewers is a significant topic to scrutinize.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 61%

Remote Delivery of Local TV News

Hood

2014

Electronic News

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“…Broadcasting commercials has led to concerns about the projecting of local identity under the assumption that the geographical location of viewing billboards, wall advertisements, television commercials, and Internet based advertisements play an increasingly smaller role as compared to radio commercials because they can be easily listened with mobile audio devises (Torosyan and Munro, 2010).…”

Section: Impact Of Radio Advertisements On Buying Behaviour Of Urban mentioning

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Impact of radio advertisements on buying behaviour of urban commuters

Rajagopal

2011

Intl J of Retail & Distrib Mgt

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -This study aims to analyze the impact of radio advertisements on urban commuters towards buying behaviour in retail stores and attempts to determine the role of radio advertising on dissemination of information on the sales promotions. The impact of radio advertisements on the store choice and buying preferences are analyzed based on empirical investigation. Design/methodology/approach -This study is based on the empirical investigation of urban commuters who acquire information on sales promotion by listening radio advertisements during travel time. The sample respondents selected for the study frequently commute to their workplaces from the residential areas located in the southern, northern and suburban habitats in Mexico City. Data were collected by means of personal interviews during

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“…Localism as a political framework has a number of objectives: governmental, environmental, relational, etc. Its role in radio broadcasting has been, according to Torosyan and Munro (2010), paradigmatic in nature; that is, its functions and principles are "universally accepted by a community of practitioners" (p. 34), and it serves as a useful proxy for answering complex but common questions regarding human activity. "Localism" exists as a facet of community radio as almost an inexorable given circumstance.…”

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“…In Chapter Four, I employ theories of localism to explain the ability of localized radio to reinforce and expand the limits of community. Many argue that the definition of "the local" is undergoing a paradigm shift (Torosyan & Munro, 2010). In an increasingly connected, digitized, and "borderless" world, how can we continue to understand locality?…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite the consequence of this question philosophically, it is possible that the impulses of geospatial localism skeptics are, at least in part, overstated. According to Torosyan and Munro's (2010) study intended to assess the legitimacy of concerns about a loss of geographic connectivity, local radio-defined by the study as proximate radio-still serves a unique and important function in the lives of community members. The researchers' criteria for local radio merge the supposedly competing localist camps, by expecting that a local broadcasting be of (that is, in the fiscal, political, and social interest of); by (that is, produced, voiced, and written by); and for (that is, relevant to) a geographic community of listeners (Torosyan & Munroe, 2010).…”

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"The Fabric of Our Lives": Relationality, Ritual, and Regional Resistance in American Radio Broadcasting

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To Jill, for your unrelenting guidance throughout this entire process. Thank you for calming me down, making me feel safe and warm, listening to my problems, sharing your own, etc. I have never felt so genuinely supported by professor before, and I am so grateful for all the advice, support, and reinforcement.To the kind people at KSOI and KOTO-infinite thanks for speaking to me and giving me a sense of your wonderful communities.To Mom and Dad, for being my continuous support system, despite our distance. We've gone through a lot over the course of my college career, but no matter what changes, you are the family unit that has brought me to this point. You are my rocks. You are the best people in my life, my benchmarks for all other people. I love you both more deeply than I can possibly explain. Thank you, for all of it.To Matt, for being my creative inspiration and my God-given best friend. I am so lucky to have watched such a totally remarkable human being grow as both an artist and a person over the past 19 years. I love you to pieces.To Isabel, for nearly four years of constant love, support, and care. I have never had a best friend like you. Thank you for the joy you've brought to me-the joy you bring to everyone. Can't wait for our future together.To Libby, for being my guardian angel throughout the last couple weeks of this project. I love and miss you.

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EARwitness Testimony: Applying Listener Perspectives to Developing a Working Concept of “Localism” in Broadcast Radio

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Remote Delivery of Local TV News

Remote Delivery of Local TV News

Impact of radio advertisements on buying behaviour of urban commuters

"The Fabric of Our Lives": Relationality, Ritual, and Regional Resistance in American Radio Broadcasting

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