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Listening in
Susan J. Douglas
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Description for Listening in
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
The powerful effect of radio on American culture from Big Band music to Top 40 to conservative talk radio—now back in print!
Few inventions evoke such nostalgia, such deeply personal and vivid memories as radio—from Amos ’n’ Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern. Listening In is the first in-depth history of how radio culture and content have kneaded and expanded the American psyche.
But Listening In is more than a history. It is also a reconsideration of what listening to radio has done to American culture in the twentieth century and how it has brought a completely ... Read more Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816644230
SKU
V9780816644230
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About Susan J. Douglas
Susan J. Douglas is professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and author of Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media.
Reviews for Listening in
"Douglas's wonderful book offers a sophisticated history of radio listening." -Journal of American History