Radio's Hidden Voice

The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States

AvHugh Richard Slotten

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Since the 1960s, the existence of a largely noncommercial public broadcasting system has become a familiar feature of American cultural and social life. Most histories of broadcasting, however, overlook public radio's early development during the 1920s and 1930s by focusing on the mainstream, hegemonic practices of large commercial stations connected to networks. This focus on the development of the "American System" of commercial broadcasting as a master narrative has obscured the historical importance of alternative means of radio broadcasting and their complex interaction with dominant trends. Employing extensive research from archives across the United States, Hugh Richard Slotten examines the origins of alternative broadcasting models based especially on a commitment to providing noncommercial service for the public. These stations, operated largely by universities and colleges, offered diverse forms of programming meant not merely to entertain but also to educate, inform, enlighten, and uplift local citizens. Radio stations operated by institutions of higher education were especially significant because they helped pioneer the idea and practice of broadcasting in the United States. Faculty members in physics, electrical engineering, and other technical fields possessed the fundamental scientific knowledge and practical engineering innovation necessary for radio's propagation. Further, the established traditions of public service at universities, especially land-grant colleges in the Midwest, provided a robust framework for offering a publicly available, noncommercial alternative to the emerging commercial broadcast system.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:History of Media and Communication
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252034473
Utmärkelser:Winner of <DIV>Winner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010.</DIV> 2010

Utforska kategorier

Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Radio / podcasts inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Hugh Richard Slotten is a senior lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the author of Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960 and Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science.

Recensioner i media

Winner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010."Undergirding this discussion with prodigious research in primary sources, Slotten provides an ambitious history of public broadcasting in the US. . . . Recommended."--Choice "This is a masterful work. It is for anyone interested in exploring the ways in which education institutions helped develop broadcast policy in the United States."--Journalism History "A gem of a look a the birth of public broadcasting."--Jhistory "An important contribution to the histories of both radio and higher education."--The Annals of Iowa "Impressively researched and clearly written, Radio's Hidden Voice recovers a lost and important chapter in American broadcasting history."--James L. Baughman, author of Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961 "This thoroughly researched and engaging account constitutes an important contribution to the growing shelf of scholarship on public radio, early radio history, and on questions of how the 'public interest' has been defined in broadcast and communication policy in the twentieth century."--Jason Loviglio, author of Radio's Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations viiAcknowledgments ixPrologue 11. Public-Service Experimentation, Land-Grant Universities, and the Development of Broadcasting in the United States, 1900-1925 92. University Stations, Extension Ideals, and Broadcast Practices during the 1920s 403. Public-Service Broadcasting and the Development of Radio Policy, 1900-1927 804. The Federal Radio Commission and the Decline of Noncommercial Educational Stations, 1927-34 1135. Education and the Fight to Reform Radio Broadcasting, 1930-36 1526. Broadcast Practices and the Stabilization of Noncommercial Stations during the 1930s and 1940s 1787. Network Practices, Government Oversight, and Public-Service Ideals: The University of Chicago Round Table 216Epilogue 239Abbreviations 251Notes 257Index 305