{"id":199,"date":"2021-06-30T23:16:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2024-03-07T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:41:00","slug":"radio-and-media-appropriation-in-west-africa-case-study-republic-of-benin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/radio-and-media-appropriation-in-west-africa-case-study-republic-of-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio and Media appropriation in West Africa: Case Study Republic of B\u00e9nin"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New media laws and technologies are transforming radio broadcasting in West Africa. I analyse this change using the example of the appropriation of radio technologies in the Republic of Benin. This process takes place in the interplay between producers, listeners and technical possibilities under the influence of media policy institutions. Local radio cultures are developing, which manifest themselves in typical themes, broadcast formats and practices of using radio in everyday life. The most successful programmes are interactive. They allow discussions of social, political and personal issues.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/files\/2024\/02\/41362771z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/files\/2024\/02\/41362771z-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/files\/2024\/02\/41362771z-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/tilograetz\/files\/2024\/02\/41362771z.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>Major Publication :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h2><em>Gr\u00e4tz, Tilo 2014.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcript-verlag.de\/978-3-8376-2591-2\/technologische-dramen\/\">Technologische Dramen. Radiokulturen und Medienwandel in Benin <\/a><\/em>(Westafrika). Bielefeld: Transcript.<\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/transcript.9783839425916.259\/html\">\u00a0read more-&gt;<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>further:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h3>Gr\u00e4tz, Tilo 2014.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/43905076\"> Radio Call-In Shows on Intimate Issues in Benin: &#8220;Crossroads of Sentiments&#8221;<\/a>. African Studies Review 57 (1): 25-48.<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jstor.org\/stable\/43905076\">jstor.org\/stable\/43905076<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Gr\u00e4tz, Tilo 2013. (ed. special issue) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/13696815.2012.751871?journalCode=cjac20\">New Media Entrepreneurs and Changing Styles of Public Communication in Africa<\/a>. <em>Journal of African Cultural Studies<\/em> 25(1):1-13.<\/h3>\r\n<h3><span class=\"doi_link\">DOI:<\/span><span class=\"doi_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13696815.2012.751871\">10.1080\/13696815.2012.751871<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Gr\u00e4tz, Tilo 2013. <span class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/13696815.2013.749779\">Radio advertising and entrepreneurial conjunctions in Benin: producers, styles and technologie<\/a>s,<\/span> <span class=\"serial_title\">Journal of African Cultural Studies,<\/span> <span class=\"volume_issue\">25:1,<\/span> <span class=\"page_range\">42-56<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3><span class=\"doi_link\">DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13696815.2013.749779\">10.1080\/13696815.2013.749779<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<h3>Gr\u00e4tz, Tilo. (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0037768613513943\">Christian religious radio production in Benin: The case of Radio Maranatha<\/a>. <i>Social Compass<\/i>, <i>61<\/i>(1), 57-66.<\/h3>\r\n<h3><span class=\"doi_link\">DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0037768613513943\">10.1177\/0037768613513943<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3><strong>for more publications on the subject:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fu-berlin.academia.edu\/TiloGr%C3%A4tz?from_navbar=true\">Academia<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Tilo-Graetz\">Research Gate<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New media laws and technologies are transforming radio broadcasting in West Africa. I analyse this change using the example of the appropriation of radio technologies in the Republic of Benin. This process takes place in the interplay between producers, listeners and technical possibilities under the influence of media policy institutions. 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