{"id":9196,"date":"2019-12-19T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T09:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=9196"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T08:08:32","slug":"writers-and-radio-how-literary-authors-have-made-use-of-the-medium-over-a-century","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/writers-and-radio-how-literary-authors-have-made-use-of-the-medium-over-a-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers and Radio: How Literary Authors Have Made Use of the Medium over a Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"description\">In his article in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmgonline.nl\/articles\/597\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journal for Media History<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/hans-ulrich-wagner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner<\/a> writes about the interaction between literary authors and the medium radio.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9195 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-08-03-Writers-and-Radio-HUW-300x193.png\" alt=\"Cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-08-03-Writers-and-Radio-HUW-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-08-03-Writers-and-Radio-HUW-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-08-03-Writers-and-Radio-HUW.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Abstract<\/h2>\n<div>Literary authors have made use of the radio as a political, technological, cultural, and social medium from its infancy. A wide range of complex relationships can be recognised when looking at their ways of dealing with the medium, of writing for the radio, and of working with radio stations. While a huge body of studies provide rich material of this utilisation, a systematic framework for the analysis of these practices has been glaringly absent. Deduced by a methodological framework we propose a systematisation and typify five clusters of literary practices. Such a systematic overview provides insights into the nature of the alliances and helps to understand the role of literary authors in radio cultures and their contribution to the culture of radio in the so-called \u2018radio century\u2019.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hans-Ulrich-Wagner_Writers-and-Radio.pdf\">You can download the complete article here (pdf).<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Wagner, H.-U. 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