LEADER 03864nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910955391403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612239847 010 $a9781282239845 010 $a1282239848 010 $a9780226471938 010 $a0226471934 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226471938 035 $a(CKB)1000000000773744 035 $a(EBL)448560 035 $a(OCoLC)646813887 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000232323 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232323 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213783 035 $a(PQKB)11684469 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448560 035 $a(DE-B1597)524749 035 $a(OCoLC)1135573015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226471938 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10315994 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL223984 035 $a(Perlego)1852646 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000773744 100 $a20070220d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRadio's America $ethe Great Depression and the rise of modern mass culture /$fBruce Lenthall 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226471914 311 08$a0226471918 311 08$a9780226471921 311 08$a0226471926 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-253) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION. "The Story of the Century" -- $t1. RADIO'S CHALLENGES Public Intellectuals and the Problem of Mass Culture -- $t2. Radio's Listeners: Personalizing Mass Culture -- $t3. Radio's Democracy: The Politics of the Fireside -- $t4. Radio's Champions: Strange Gods? -- $t5. Radio's Students: Media Studies and the Possibility of Mass Communication -- $t6. Radio's Writers: A Public Voice in the Modern World -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aOrson 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. 606 $aRadio broadcasting$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRadio broadcasting$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aRadio broadcasting$xHistory. 615 0$aRadio broadcasting$xSocial aspects 676 $a302.23/44097309043 700 $aLenthall$b Bruce$01804225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955391403321 996 $aRadio's America$94352143 997 $aUNINA