Fireside Politics

Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920-1940
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8312-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

Reihe: Reconfiguring American Political History

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Craig, Douglas B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Craig, Douglas B.
Douglas B. Craig is a reader in history at the Australian National University. He is the author of After Wilson: The Struggle for the Democratic Party, 1920–1934.