Fireside politics : radio and political culture in the United States, 1920-1940
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Fireside politics : radio and political culture in the United States, 1920-1940
（Reconfiguring American political history）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and (p. [329]-349) index
"Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition, 2006"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Fireside Politics, Douglas B. Craig provides the first detailed and complete examination of radio's changing role in American political culture between 1920 and 1940-the medium's golden age, when it commanded huge national audiences without competition from television. Craig follows the evolution of radio into a commercialized, networked, and regulated industry, and ultimately into an essential tool for winning political campaigns and shaping American identity in the interwar period. Finally, he draws thoughtful comparisons of the American experience of radio broadcasting and political culture with those of Australia, Britain, and Canada.
Table of Contents
List of Maps, Illustrations, Figures, and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
Part I: Making the Medium, 1895-1940
1. The Radio Age: The Growth of Radio Broadcasting, 1895-1940
2. Radio Advertising and Networks
3. Regulatory Models and the Radio Act of 1927
4. The Federal Radio Commission, 1927-1934
5. A New Deal for Radio? The Communications Act of 1934
6. The Federal Communications Commission and Radio, 1934-1940
Part II: Radio and the Business of Politics, 1920-1940
7. The Sellers: Stations, Networks, and Political Broadcasting
8. The Buyers: National Parties, Candidates, and Radio
9. The Product: Radio Politics and Campaigning
10. The Consumer: Radio, Audiences, and Voters
Part III: Radio and Citizenship, 1920-1940
11. Radio and the Problem of Citizenship
12. Radio at the Margins: Broadcasting and the Limits of Citizenship
13. Radio and the Politics of Good Taste
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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