Skip to content
Accessibility
Sign in
/ Sign out
StudentHome
TutorHome
IntranetHome
SponsorHome
Contact
Search the OU
The Open University
Study at the OU
Research at the OU
OU Community
About the OU
Tuning In
Diasporic Contact Zones at the BBC World Service
About Tuning In
Core research themes
Cross-theme research
Projects
Events
Publications
Tuning In
Core research themes
Migrating Music
Migrating Music set out to identify the ways in which BBC World Service music broadcasting might be said to constitute…
Politics of Translation
This project aimed to identify the variegated ways by which the BBC World Service has negotiated between…
Diasporic Nationhood
The BBC Persian Service is one of the oldest language services in the organisation.
Religious Transnationalism
This theme investigated changing patterns of religious transnationalism in…
Drama for Development
From rural Afghanistan to urban Nigeria BBC World Service audiences have been tuning-in to mass mediated drama with…
Sports Across Diasporas
Sport has enormous economic, social and cultural significance as a global phenomenon in which the media plays…
Featured themes
Digital Diasporas
Bush House Cultures
Latest news
The BBC World Service and British Soft Power in Perspective
The last broadcasts to a wider world
Public policy fellowship at the BBC World Service
Why the BBC World Service matters for development