04175nam 2200649 a 450 991077805830332120230207230350.097866122398471-282-23984-80-226-47193-410.7208/9780226471938(CKB)1000000000773744(EBL)448560(OCoLC)646813887(SSID)ssj0000232323(PQKBManifestationID)11220659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232323(PQKBWorkID)10213783(PQKB)11684469(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121985(MiAaPQ)EBC448560(DE-B1597)524749(OCoLC)1135573015(DE-B1597)9780226471938(Au-PeEL)EBL448560(CaPaEBR)ebr10315994(CaONFJC)MIL223984(EXLCZ)99100000000077374420070220d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRadio's America[electronic resource] the Great Depression and the rise of modern mass culture /Bruce LenthallChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (275 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-47191-8 0-226-47192-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-253) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION. "The Story of the Century" -- 1. RADIO'S CHALLENGES Public Intellectuals and the Problem of Mass Culture -- 2. Radio's Listeners: Personalizing Mass Culture -- 3. Radio's Democracy: The Politics of the Fireside -- 4. Radio's Champions: Strange Gods? -- 5. Radio's Students: Media Studies and the Possibility of Mass Communication -- 6. Radio's Writers: A Public Voice in the Modern World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexOrson Welles's greatest breakthrough into the popular consciousness occurred in 1938, three years before Citizen Kane, when his War of the Worlds radio broadcast succeeded so spectacularly that terrified listeners believed they were hearing a genuine report of an alien invasion-a landmark in the history of radio's powerful relationship with its audience. In Radio's America, Bruce Lenthall documents the enormous impact radio had on the lives of Depression-era Americans and charts the formative years of our modern mass culture. Many Americans became alienated from their government and economy in the twentieth century, and Lenthall explains that radio's appeal came from its capability to personalize an increasingly impersonal public arena. His depictions of such figures as proto-Fascist Charles Coughlin and medical quack John Brinkley offer penetrating insight into radio's use as a persuasive tool, and Lenthall's book is unique in its exploration of how ordinary Americans made radio a part of their lives. Television inherited radio's cultural role, and as the voting tallies for American Idol attest, broadcasting continues to occupy a powerfully intimate place in American life. Radio's America reveals how the connections between power and mass media began. Radio broadcastingUnited StatesHistoryRadio broadcastingSocial aspectsUnited Statesradio communications, culture, great depression, 20th century, united states, operations, media studies, orson welles, citizen kane, war of the worlds, broadcasts, audience, alien invasion, powerful relationship, enormous impact, depression-era americans, government, economiy, economics, stock market crash, poverty, entertainment, impersonal public arena, john brinkley, charles coughlin, persuasive tool, television, cultural role.Radio broadcastingHistory.Radio broadcastingSocial aspects302.23/44097309043Lenthall Bruce1503627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778058303321Radio's America3732157UNINA00867nam a2200229 i 450099100437813570753620250429093608.0250429s1974 fr er 001 0dfre dBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Studi Umanistici - Sez. FilosofiaitaSocioculturale Scsfre19423La Forge, Louis :de<1632-1666>1776138Oeuvres philosophiques /Louis de La Forge ; édition présentée par Pierre Clair ; avec une étude bio-bibliographiqueParis :Presses universitaires de France,1974422 p. ;22 cmLe mouvement des idées au XVIIe siècle ;9CartesianismoClair, PierreLe mouvement des idées au XVIIe siècle ;9991004378135707536Oeuvres philosophiques4373795UNISALENTO