CHAPTER 11
image Radio/Audio: Story Forms and Working with Sound

Not so long ago, when we talked about audio, we were talking about radio. Today, radio is simply one aspect of the audio storytelling spectrum. Audio is now a standard part of information websites. Almost 60 percent of radio websites include audio, and half include streaming audio. But an even higher percentage of TV websites include audio (63 percent), and 34 percent include streaming audio. More and more newspaper websites include audio as well, and more and more slideshows are cut to audio.

Regardless of whether we’re talking about websites or radio, the basic principles of ...

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