The Significance of Australian Youth Culture and Radio

Radio broadcasting has become an influence in contemporary times as it is a way of communication to a wider audience. Through radio broadcasting, we are introduced to a variety of components, different music genres, currents events both locally and internationally, competitions, free giveaways and live interactions between presenters and listeners. However, it is the idea of co-presence that is stimulated through these components in which makes radio broadcasting exciting to listen to and engage with. The realm of co-presence within radio broadcast has defined how the audience is actually listening to their preferred radio stations. In this essay will discuss and break down concepts such as intimacy, liveness and the implied audience that define the hegemony of co-presence with in radio broadcasting as described by Hugh Chignell’s in his text, Key Concepts in Radio Studies (2009). This essay will also be focusing on how the Mai FM breakfast show, Mai Mornings (2017), deliver Chignell’s concepts in order to understand the importance of co-presence. Mai FM is a hip hop and RnB station that is broadcasted all over New Zealand, and throughout the radio station, Chignell’s concepts are highlighted. Scholarly references will also be included throughout to shape the argument.

Culture can shape a person’s identity because it is something that directly affects all people. People who grow up in a culture that is quite different from that experienced in the home or local community may feel isolated and may struggle to forge an identity. At times it is necessary to make some concessions in order to belong. Very often new arrivals to Australia find themselves struggling with the demands that their original culture places upon them as well as the pressures of Australian culture.

The media holds great power when it comes to influencing the attitudes of the nation as it is the primary source if information for many Australians. The many forms of media, such as radio, television, and newspapers can also represent Australian values and the state of our society at the present time.

The teaching resource selected to support diverse literacy and language learning in a grade one classroom is a children’s book ‘I’m Australian Too’ written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh (Fox, M. (2017) ‘I’m Australian Too’ Australia; Scholastic Australia). The book is available for purchase both online and at ‘Readings’ stores in Hawthorn, Carlton, Malvern and St Kilda for $19.99. It can also be accessed as an audio copy from http://memfox.com/books/im-australian-too/. The book details all the multiple cultural identities that can be found across Australia. It poetically details that no matter where our families come from, or the hardships that may have faced, we can all find a home in Australia. The resource is useful in

A radio station that gives a clear example of this is KTOY-FM 104.7. This radio station plays R&B old school music. KTOY broadcasts to age group of people who are forty years of age or older in the city of Texarkana,Ar. Children and teenagers around my age is not usually attracted to this kind of station. One of the most known and listened to station in texarkana,TX of my generation is Power 95.9. It broadcasts genres such as pop,rap, and even country. Power 95.9 keeps its playlist updated with the newest and most

Radio was a very important transmission mode. The radio’s main function was to deliver citizens the necessary information in a way that was easy to understand, while at the same time making sure the news agencies earned sufficient ratings and to profit. The radio companies had to make the radio programming easy to understand to the average citizen, because “[t]he education of many Americans had ended after freshman year in high school. (Horten, p.

In Rushkoff’s film, The Merchants of Cool, he rhetorically questions if “teenagers even have a culture to call distinctly their own.” In the late 1990’s when the documentary was made, the implication was that they do not. However, with the internet’s advancements and the accessibility of communication with massive amounts of people, teenagers today can form authentic cultures that are not contaminated by the corporate media.

Looking into one of the popular area in Toronto (Jane and Finch) is amazing research to do, and gazing on few things youths in the community is facing the most will provide background how my research topic came to existence. Before the advent and proliferation of the media, this place was one of the most popular areas of residence among the middle-income earners. Observing the area problem from a macro level is the impact of mass media within the contemporary society; is a process that can neither be underestimated nor presumed. In my initial understanding of the area, the majority of people preferred to live here because it was a cosmopolitan area with friendly people. Not to forget how the community experienced rapid growth from 1961 to 1971

MTV, formally known as Music Television, is one of the most viewed networks on television today. Roughly thirty-three years old, it has changed the American culture drastically in more than just one way. Specifically targeting teens and young adults, the MTV network provides all of the most up to date gossip on celebrities, highlights the latest fashion trends, promotes versified lifestyles, and defines the music industry of our generation. However, this so-called “idolized network” has not always been this way. The American culture has been affected by MTV through the creation of the network, the transformation from simply just music television to inappropriate reality shows, and the promotion of inappropriate content.

The radio is one of the most influential pieces of technology ever invented. From political debates to Taylor Swift’s latest hit, with the help of the radio, society stays informed on a plethora of topics. Freddie Mercury wasn’t lying when he said, “and everything I had to know, I learned it on my radio.” In almost every country in the world, there is at least one radio station used to broadcast news to it’s people. Since the creation of the FM radio, it has been used to reach out to people over a certain area and keep them informed about the society they live in. During the 1930s and the 1940s, the radio played a very important role in history; it was a tool used during World War II by America, Great Britain, and Nazi Germany. By sending

The radio is the oldest use of media for music. It has not lost its importance in spreading music though. Bands today still rely on the radio to help spread their music so people will want to but their albums. For a band to gain an audience and to get people to buy their albums they

Like previous generations today's youth are greatly influenced by what they see and hear. Outside of parents or legal guardians, the big screen, television, music, and peers have the greatest influence over young people today. What is being communicated to our youth falls short on doses of old-fashioned morals and values.

“Radio reaches more than 68% of U.S. consumers ages 12 and older on an average day.” (newsgeneration.com, 2014) I selected a career in radio because I love listening to and being around music, I love meeting new people, and I love journalism.

Both traditional and new media provide information, news and messages to inform us happenings around the world (UK Essays, 2013). Regardless of if it is the newspaper, magazine or Facebook, e-magazine, all types of media are able to relay information and entertainment.

Which ever way the electronic media which is the radio intends to pass the messages, it is important to know that it is through the media which is the radio that the targeted audience can be reached.