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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822261003321

Autore

Newman Kathy M

Titolo

Radio active [[electronic resource] ] : advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004

ISBN

0-520-93675-2

1-4175-2277-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

659.14/2/097309043

Soggetti

Boycotts - United States - History

Consumer behavior - United States - History

Radio advertising-- United States-- History

Advertising

Commerce

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Tables; Acknowledgments; introduction: The Dialectic between Advertising and Activism; part one: Cultural Critics in the Age of Radio; part two: Consumers on the March: CIO Boycotts, Active Listeners, and Consumer Time; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Radio Active tells the story of how radio listeners at the American mid-century were active in their listening practices. While cultural historians have seen this period as one of failed reform--focusing on the failure of activists to win significant changes for commercial radio--Kathy M.