Radio's civic ambition: American broadcasting and democracy in the 1930s

In its golden age, American radio both entertained and also fostered programsmeant to produce self-governing and opinion-forming individuals, promoting openness to change and tolerance of diversity, familiarity with classical music,and knowledge of world affairs. As author David Goodman argues, the ambitionsof radio's golden age have strong significance today as evidence that media regulation in the public interest can have significant and often positive effects. INDICE: About the Companion Website; Preface; Part 1: Ambition; Chapter 1:: The American System; Chapter 2: : The Civic Paradigm; Chapter 3: : The Promise of Broadcast Classical Music; Chapter 4: : Democratic Radio; Part 2: Division; Chapter 5: : Class, Cosmopolitanism and Division; Chapter 6: : Radio and the intelligent listener - the War of the Worlds panic; Chapter 7: : Populism,war and the American system; Postlude: From Toscanini to Sinatra; Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-19-539408-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés