Papers and presentations

DRACE is active at international conferences, and here is a list of our current and previous paper presentations. The list is chronological, starting with the present and going back to 2004.

2010

Nyre, Lars and Storsul, Tanja: Review of Norwegian audience research. Paper presentation at the Second Management Commitee Meeting and First Working Groups Meeting of COST Action “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies”, Lisboa 11-13. November 2010.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Is there added value in digital radio broadcasting? Presentation at EBU Digital Radio Conference 2010, Belfast, 28-29 October.

Nyre, Lars and O’Neill, Brian: Motives for and against participating. A hermeneutical study of media participation in Norway and Ireland, 2005-2006. Paper at ECREA 2010, the 3rd European Communication Conference. Hamburg, 12-15 October 2010.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Past and Present Content Strategies of Visualized Radio, paper presented in the panel “European Public Service Media in the Digital Age: Transforming Content and Identity” at BEA 2010 in Las Vegas, April 15, 2010.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Radio in the digital landscape: An analogue Island or a Digital Ghetto? Presentation at Radiodays Europe, Copenhagen. March 18, 2010.

2009

Ala-Fossi, Marko: What is the future of radio? Presentation for Swedish Radio (SR) management. Sigtuna, Sweden. May 12, 2009.

2008

Lars Nyre: GPS in radio: an editorial strategy for adding visual information to live audio on the mobile phone, in the panel “Extending Radio – Improving Radio? Appraising twenty years of innovation in European digital radio”, at ECREA’s 2nd European Communication Conference in Barcelona, November 25-28, 2008.

Brian O’Neill: Sounding the Future’ – promotional discourses of digital radio’s audiophile credentials, in the panel “Extending Radio – Improving Radio?” at the European Communication Conference in Barcelona, November 25-28, 2008.

Stephen Lax: A vision for radio. The origins and evolution of Eureka digital audio broadcasting, in the panel “Extending Radio – Improving Radio?” at the European Communication Conference in Barcelona, November 25-28, 2008.

Per Jauert: From Broadcasting to Podcasting – the digitalization and differentiation of radio, in the panel “Extending Radio – Improving Radio?” at the European Communication Conference in Barcelona, November 25-28, 2008.

Marko Ala-Fossi: Missing pictures? Strategies and solutions of broadcast radio visualization, in the panel “Extending Radio – Improving Radio?” at the European Communication Conference in Barcelona, November 25-28, 2008.

O’Neill, Brian: Developing digital radio for Ireland: emerging approaches and strategies, presented at RIPE 2008 (Re-Visionary Interpretations of the Public Enterprise), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, October 8-10, 2008.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital radio in Europe: technologies, industries and cultures, presented at EBU Digital Radio Conference 08, Cagliari, Sardinia, September 18-21, 2008.

Nyre, Lars: Instructive Media Research. A Rationale for Attempting to Change the Mass Media, paper presented in the panel Postphenomenological Research II, at the annual conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 20-23, 2008.

O’Neill, Brian: DAB Eureka-147: The European Vision for Digital Radio. Pre-Conference: The Long History of New Media: Contemporary and Future Developments Contextualized, International Communication Association, Annual Convention. Montréal, May 20 – 25, 2008.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Radion tulevaisuus on yhä digitaalinen- mutta mikä niistä? Asiantuntijanäkökulmia ja tulevaisuusskenaarioita radiosta vuonna 2015 [The Future of Radio is Still Digital – But Which One? Expert Perspectives and Future Scenarios for the Radio Media in 2015.] A presentation at Radiofestivaali 2008, Tampere, April 17, 2008.

O’Neill, Brian: Back to the Future: The emergence of contrasting European and US approaches to digital radio. Presentation at Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context, Texas A&M University, February 29 to March 2, 2008.

Ala-Fossi, Marko & Jauert, Per: From broadcast to podcast – the implementation of digital radio in the Nordic countries. A presentation at Exploring New Media Worlds. An international media research confrence at the Texas A&M University. March 1 , 2008, College Station, Texas, USA.

Nyre, Lars: GPS journalism. Presentation at the  Innovasjon Conference ‘Digital Life 2008’, Bergen, Norway, Februar 1st 2008.

2007

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Yhteisöradiot ja mediademokratia. [Community Radio and Media Democracy] An invited presentation in a meeting of Finnish community radio operators and the members of the Finnish Parliament. November 22, 2007, Helsinki: Parliament of Finland.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Digitaalinen tulevaisuus ja yhteisöradiot. [Digital Future and Community Radio] An invited presentation in a public debate about the future of radio and audio media in Finland. November 22, 2007. Helsinki: Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Toimiluvavaraisten radioiden sisältötutkimus 2007.[Licence-dependent radio content study 2007] Presentation of a research report. November 5, 2007. Helsinki: Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.

Nyre, Lars: An Archaeology of Sound Media from the 2000s to the 1870s. Keynote address at the Bolkesjø International Sound Symposium, Telemark, Norway. September 30, 2007.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: The Future of Radio is Still Digital – But Which One? Expert Perspectives and Future Scenarios for the Radio Media in 2015.  A presentation at  18th Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research, NordMedia Helsinki, Finland, August 16-19, 2007.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital technologies and the future of radio. Lessons from the Canadian experience, in the panel: Platforms for Digital Radio – Competition and Complementarity’, presented at The Radio Conference: A Transnational Forum University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK,  July 16-19, 2007.

Stephen Lax,  Per Jauert,  Helen Shaw: DAB: the future of radio? The development of digital radio in four European countries, in the panel ‘Platforms for Digital Radio – Competition and Complementarity’, presented at The Radio Conference: A Transnational Forum University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK,  July 16-19, 2007.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital Radio Cultures in Europe. Presentation to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’. Ottawa, July 5, 2007.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: The Future of Radio is Still Digital – But Which One? Expert Perspectives and Future Scenarios for the Radio Media in 2015. A presentation at  EBU Digital Radio Conference. New Radio Specialized Meeting , 14th and 15th June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nyre, Lars: The Acoustic Internet. Where everybody is an editor. A presentation at  EBU Digital Radio Conference, 14th and 15th June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland.

Ala-Fossi, M., Lax, S., O’Neill, B., Jauert, P.,  Shaw, H.: The Future of Radio is Still Digital – But Which One? Expert Perspectives and Future Scenarios for the Radio Media in 2015, presented at the 52nd Convention of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. April 18-21, 2007.

Nyre, Lars: The Better Platform. Democratic access and participation in sound media (co-authored with Marko Ala-Fossi), paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association’s (BEA) 52nd annual convention. April 18 -21,  2007. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital Radio in Canada: From DAB to Multi-platform Approaches, presented at the 52nd Convention of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. April 18-21, 2007.

2006

Nyre, Lars: Demostation. Democratic public speaking on the Internet. Paper presented at staff seminar at the Centre for Studies on Media and Culture, Free University of Brussels, 5 December 2006.

O’Neill, B. and Stephen Lax: Digital Radio Cultures in Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. A review of research produced by DRACE. IREN Colloquium, Radio and Research: Directions and Predictions for the Future. Louvain-la-Neuve/Brussels, 9-10 November 2006.

O’Neill, Brian: Experiences Of Interaction And Participation In Media Communication In A Digital Environment. IAMCR Conference in Cairo, July 23-28.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital Radio Policy in Canada: fragmentation or evolution of the medium, presented at IAMCR 50th Annual Congress, UNESCO, Paris, July 2006.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: DAB and the Future of Radio – Perspectives from Northern Europe. Konferencia és workshop a DAB-ról. HTE (Scientific Association for Infocommunications), Hungary, Budapest , May 4,  2006.

O’Neill, Brian: Layperson participation on radio and the Internet in three European countries, COST Action A20 Plenary Conference “The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe” Delphi, Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

O’Neill, Brian: Digital technologies and the future of radio: lessons from the Canadian experience, COST Action A20 Plenary Conference “The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media in Europe” Delphi, Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Santos, Susana: The Portuguese user landscape. Paper to the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Baltzis, Alexandros, Oliver Hahn and Henrik Hargitai: Rearviewmirrorism and innovation in radio web pages. Paper to the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Nyre, Lars and Markus Appel: Refusing to Participate. A qualitative study of attitudes to participation in broadcasting. Paper to the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Lax, Shaw, Ala-Fossi and Jauert: DAB – the future of radio? The development of Digital Radio in Four Euopean Countries. Paper to the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Nyre, Lars: Results of the COST A20 group for radio and music. Presentation at the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Appel, Markus and Lars Nyre: Audience Experiences of Public Participation. Paper to the COST A20 Conference in Delphi Greece, 26-28 April 2006.

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Toimiluvanvarainen radiotarjonta 2005. [License-dependent radio supply 2005] Presentation of the research report at the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Helsinki, February 2, 2006.

2005

Ala-Fossi, Marko: Mapping the Technological Landscape of Radio: Where do we go next? A presentation at the session Digital Technologies and the Future of Radio. First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 24-26, 2005.

Lax, Stephen: Digital radio: a success story or a dismal future? Paper at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 24-26, 2005.

Nyre, Lars: Demostation. An experiment with democratic communication. Panel at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 24-26, 2005.

Nyre, Lars: Instructive media research, paper at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 24-26, 2005.

Shaw, Helen: The future of radio. Broadcasters and economics? Paper at the First European Communication Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. November 24-26, 2005.

Jauert, Per and Ala-Fossi, Marko: DAB: The future of radio? Ten years of digital radio. A presentation at the 17th  Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research, Aalborg, Denmark,  August 11-14,  2005.

Lax, Shaw, Ala-Fossi and Jauert: DAB – the future of radio? The development of Digital Radio in Four Euopean Countries. Presented at the the 17th  Nordic Conference for Media and Communication Research, Aalborg, Denmark,  August 11-14,  2005.