Radio's intimate public : network broadcasting and mass-mediated democracy /
Jason Loviglio.
- xxix, 171 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- -- 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. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio in America produced a new type of community, marked by the contradictions & tensions between public & private, mass media & democracy, & nation & family.
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Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--United States Radio broadcasting--History--United States