Radio's intimate public : network broadcasting and mass-mediated democracy

Radio's intimate public : network broadcasting and mass-mediated democracy /

Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio produced a new type of community marked by contradictions and tensions between public and private, mass media and democracy, and nation and family. Examining a broad range of radio programs, including Vox Pop, and FDR's Fireside Chats, Radio's I...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loviglio, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Radio broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
Radio broadcasting > United States > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Radio > History & Criticism.
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting > Social aspects
United States
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : radio's intimate public
  • The fireside chats and the New Deal
  • Vox pop : network radio and the voice of the people
  • Public affairs : the soap opera cultural front
  • The Shadow meets the phantom public
  • Conclusion : America's most fascinating people.

Similar Items