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Transmitting the Past: Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Broadcasting
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Paperback. These essays represent some of the best cultural studies historical research on broadcasting in the US. The collection that represents scholarship, cultural and historical, on the intersection between the medium of broadcasting and American cultural, political, and economic life Editor(s): Winn, J.Emmett; Brinson, Susan L. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
The essays included in this anthology represent some of the best cultural studies historical research on broadcasting in the U. S. currently underway. Each one concentrates on a particular event in broadcast history - beginning with Marconi's introduction of wireless technology in 1899. Michael Brown examines newspaper reporting in America of Marconi's belief in Martians, stories that effectively rendered Marconi inconsequential to the further development of radio. The widespread installation of radios in automobiles in the 1950s, Matthew Killmeier argues, paralleled the development of television and ubiquitous middle-class suburbia in America. Heather Hundley analyzes depictions of male and female promiscuity ... Read more
The essays included in this anthology represent some of the best cultural studies historical research on broadcasting in the U. S. currently underway. Each one concentrates on a particular event in broadcast history - beginning with Marconi's introduction of wireless technology in 1899. Michael Brown examines newspaper reporting in America of Marconi's belief in Martians, stories that effectively rendered Marconi inconsequential to the further development of radio. The widespread installation of radios in automobiles in the 1950s, Matthew Killmeier argues, paralleled the development of television and ubiquitous middle-class suburbia in America. Heather Hundley analyzes depictions of male and female promiscuity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817351755
SKU
V9780817351755
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About
John Emmett Winn is Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University. Susan L. Brinson is Professor of Communication and Journalism at Auburn University and author of The Red Scare, Politics, and the Federal Communications Commission.
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