Radio defined and defied American culture in the early 20th century, setting patterns for all media that followed. This text is a comprehensive history of the medium and includes such topics as: 1940s' radio suspense drama; quiz shows; American propagandists for Axis Powers; the Green Hornet and race; black liberation radio; NPR; and the Christian right and radio.
Radio defined and defied American culture in the early 20th century, setting patterns for all media that followed. This text is a comprehensive histor...
Spanning eight decades from the beginnings of commercial radio to the current era of international consolidation and emerging digital platforms, this pioneering volume illuminates the entire course of American broadcasting by offering the first comprehensive history of a major network. Bringing together wide-ranging original articles by leading scholars and industry insiders, it offers a comprehensive view of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that brings into focus the development of this key American institution and the ways that it has intersected with, and influenced, the central...
Spanning eight decades from the beginnings of commercial radio to the current era of international consolidation and emerging digital platforms, this ...
In 'Radio Voices', Michele Hilmes looks at the way radio programming influenced and was influenced by the United States of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, tracing the history of the medium from its early years through to the advent of television.
In 'Radio Voices', Michele Hilmes looks at the way radio programming influenced and was influenced by the United States of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, tra...
In this work, Michele Hilmes reveals and re-conceptualizes the roots of media globalization through a historical look at the productive transnational cultural relationship between British and American broadcasting.
In this work, Michele Hilmes reveals and re-conceptualizes the roots of media globalization through a historical look at the productive transnational ...
Radio's New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely acclaimed 2001 book The Radio Reader, Hilmes and Loviglio gather together innovative work by both established and rising scholars to explore the ways that radio has transformed in the digital environment. Contributors explore what sound looks like on screens, how digital listening moves us, new forms of sonic expression, radio's convergence with mobile media, and the creative activities of old and new audiences. Even radio's history has been altered...
Radio's New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely accl...
