Thanks to the further development of digital technology and social change, new forms of radio, and new ways of listening have emerged in contemporary China. Nevertheless, while China remains an authoritarian country, the fast and vast economic, social, cultural, and technological transformations have produced a distinct radio-listening contour. Like elsewhere, with the advent of television, radio in China has undergone a general shift from a dominant to a marginal medium. Huang, 2013 Krysko, 2011 Lei, 2016a, 2016b Lei, Gorfinkel, & Sun, 2016 Liu, 1964, 1975 Schurmann, 1968) in English literature, we know far less about Chinese radio soundscape and the specific forms and functions of listening at different historical stages. To today, with a few notable exceptions (e.g. However, a prominent missing in the global scope is radio in the largest developing Asian country-China, which has transformed from one of the most underdeveloped country with low telecommunication presence to the world’s second largest economy featuring a wide range of telecommunication devices from the lowest end to the highest end ( Pan & Ye, 2014 CNNIC, 2017). The rising studies on radio have demonstrated the variety of radio practices and listening modes in different national contexts (e.g. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALSĭespite the globalized “hegemony of vision” ( Lacey, 2013) in media and communication landscape, studies on sound and listening have enjoyed a steady growth.
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