'"Thank goodness for our little radio": Researching post-quake radio audiences'

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dc.contributor.authorJoyce ZC
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-22T21:59:58Z
dc.date.available2018-04-22T21:59:58Z
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.date.updated2017-10-02T03:00:55Z
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the use of radio after major earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and 2011. It draws on archival sources to retrospectively research post-quake audiences in the terms people used during and soon after the earthquakes through personal narratives and Twitter. Retrospective narratives of earthquake experiences affirm the value of radio for communicating the scale of disaster and comforting listeners during dislocation from safe home spaces. In the narratives radio is often compared with television, which signifies electricity supply and associated comfort but also visually confirms the city’s destruction. Twitter provides insights into radio use from within the disaster period, but its more global reach facilitates reflection on online and international radio from outside the disaster-affected area. This research demonstrates the value of archival audience research, and finds that the combination of online radio and Twitter enables a new form of participatory disaster spectatorship from afar.en
dc.identifier.citationJoyce ZC (2016). '"Thank goodness for our little radio": Researching post-quake radio audiences'. Participations: journal of audience and reception studies. 13(2). 86-108.en
dc.identifier.issn1749-8716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/15181
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectradioen
dc.subjectdisasteren
dc.subjectearthquakeen
dc.subjectTwitteren
dc.subjecttelevisionen
dc.subjectwitnessingen
dc.subjectarchival audience researchen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470102 - Communication technology and digital media studiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::43 - History, heritage and archaeology::4303 - Historical studies::430320 - New Zealand historyen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::21 - History and Archaeology::2102 - Curatorial and Related Studies::210201 - Archival, Repository and Related Studiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::16 - Studies in Human Society::1604 - Human Geography::160403 - Social and Cultural Geographyen
dc.title'"Thank goodness for our little radio": Researching post-quake radio audiences'en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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