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Record Nr.

UNISA996248065403316

Autore

Loviglio Jason

Titolo

Radio's intimate public : network broadcasting and mass-mediated democracy / / Jason Loviglio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8166-9532-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/44/0973

Soggetti

Radio broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Radio broadcasting - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio produced a new type of community marked by contradictions and tensions between public and private, mass media and democracy, and nation and family. Examining a broad range of radio programs, including Vox Pop, and FDR's Fireside Chats, Radio's Intimate Public illustrates how media space promised listeners a fantasy of social mobility and access.