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Analyzing International Radio StationsA Systems Approach
Andrew M. Clark
Department of Communication, Fine Arts Bldg, Rm 118, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA, amclark{at}uta.edu
Olaf Werder
Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2240, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1171, USA, owerder@ unm.edu
/ For many years, international radio broadcasting has been used by nations around the world as a foreign policy tool. As the world political system changed following the end of the Cold War, so the importance of international radio broadcasting to some nations has changed. Although there has been some scholarly work devoted to international radio broadcasting, such work has focused mainly on the station and has neglected the system in which the station operates. This article uses systems theory and organizational communication principles to develop a framework for analyzing how and why nations are using international radio broadcasting.
Key Words: foreign policy • international broadcasting • public diplomacy • systems theory
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International Communication Gazette, Vol. 69, No. 6,
525-537 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507082840
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