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Manipulating the ether : the power of broadcast radio in thirties America / by Robert J. Brown.
Van Pelt Library PN1991.2 .B76 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Robert J. (Robert John), 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio broadcasting--United States--History.
- Radio broadcasting.
- United States.
- History.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Radio in politics.
- Radio journalism.
- War of the worlds (Radio program).
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [1998]
- Contents:
- Radio and Thirties America 1
- Part I The "Radio President" 7
- 1. Roosevelt and Radio 9
- Roosevelt's Views on Radio 9
- Roosevelt's Special Relationship with Radio 14
- The Roosevelt Method 15
- 2. Campaigning by Radio 25
- Roosevelt's Early Political Career and Governorship 28
- The 1932 Campaign 29
- The 1936 Campaign 32
- Imitating the Master 37
- The 1940 Campaign 39
- The 1944 Campaign 45
- 3. Selling the Domestic Agenda 57
- The Voice of Confidence 57
- Roosevelt's First Inaugural 61
- The Banking Crisis 63
- Evaluating the First Two Months of the New Deal: The Fireside Chat of May 7, 1933 65
- The Record of the First "Hundred Days": July 24, 1933, and October 22, 1933 67
- Fending Off Attack: June 28, 1934 68
- Fireside Chats of April 28, 1935, October 12, 1937, and April 14, 1938 69
- Domestic Success 71
- 4. Domestic Challenges 75
- The Plan to Pack the Supreme Court 75
- Purging the Democratic Party 79
- Huey Long 82
- Father Coughlin 84
- 5. Selling the Foreign Policy Agenda 89
- Cash-and-Carry 91
- "The Development of Our Defense Program" 92
- Lend-Lease 96
- Unlimited National Emergency 100
- The Greer Incident 102
- Struggle with the Isolationists 107
- War with Japan 116
- Foreign Policy Success 120
- 6. The Death of FDR 123
- Part II "We Take You Now To..." 129
- 7. Early History of Broadcast News 131
- Radio News Is Born 132
- The "Crime of the Century" 133
- The Press-Radio War 136
- 8. Radio Covers Domestic Events and Crises 139
- Natural Disaster 139
- The Hindenburg Explosion 141
- Explorer and Squalus 144
- Covering the 1940 Campaign 145
- Radio Discussion Programs 148
- "Time Marches On" 150
- 9. Radio Covers the World 153
- Early Foreign News Reporting 153
- "Ten Days That Shook the Ether" 154
- Anschluss 158
- Munich Crisis 160
- Closer to the Brink 173
- The Polish Crisis 175
- The Phoney War 180
- France's Agony 182
- Britain Under Siege 185
- A World at War 189
- Part III "Incredible As It May Seem..." 195
- 10. Orson Welles and the "War of the Worlds" 197
- Precedents 197
- Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater 201
- Preparation for War of the Worlds 204
- 11. The Broadcast 207
- 12. The Public Reaction 219
- Panic in the Streets 219
- Popular Gullibility? 222
- The Welles Plan 224
- 13. "It Was All So Real" 229
- Manipulation 229
- Historical Environment 233
- Wonders of Science 236
- Tuning in Late 237
- 14. Aftermath 241
- Censorship 241
- CBS Responds 243
- Self-Regulation 244
- Lessons 246
- The State of American Preparedness 248
- The Credibility Gap 250
- The Legacy 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786403977
- OCLC:
- 37966256
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