Radio's America The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture

Name: Radio's America The Great Depression and the Rise of Modern Mass Culture
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ISBN: 9780226471914

ISBN-10: 0226471918

ISBN-13: 9780226471914

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bruce Lenthall

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Orson 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…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "The Story of the Century"



Radio's Challenges: Public Intellectuals and the Problem of Mass Culture


William Orton and the Mass-Consumption Critique


James Rorty and the Mass-Production Critique


African American Intellectuals and the Mass-Production Critique in Action


Related Solutions


Defenders of the Faith



Radio's Listeners: Personalizing Mass Culture


The Mass Audience Listens


Consumer Bargaining


"When You Can't Find a Friend, You've Still Got the Radio"



Radio's Democracy: The Politics of the Fireside


Roosevelt on the Radio


Radio Democracy: The Politics of Intimacy


Radio Democracy: The Politics of Information


Once and Future Ideals?



Radio's Champions: Strange Gods?


Radio Stars


Voices of the People


Power...Corrupts?


Limited Amplitude



Radio's Students: Media Studies and the Possibility of Mass Communication


Paul Lazarsfeld and Social Pragmatism's Hope


Herman Hettinger and Commercial Pragmatism's Faith


Theodor Adorno's Critical Theory: A Considerably Less Charitable View



Radio's Writers: A Public Voice in the Modern World


Art of the Air


Public Speech, Public Art, and Mass Communication


Modernism on the Air


Muffled Voices


Conclusion


Notes


Index