Radio goes to war : the cultural politics of propaganda during World War II / Gerd Horten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horten, Gerd, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects--United States.

Radio broadcasting.

Radio in propaganda--United States--History--20th century.

Radio in propaganda.

Radio broadcasting--United States--History--20th century.

History.

Radio broadcasting--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]

Summary:

Radio Goes to War is the first comprehensive and in-depth look at the role of domestic radio in the United States during the Second World War. As this study convincingly demonstrates, radio broadcasting played a crucial role both in government propaganda and within the context of the broader cultural and political transformations of wartime America. Gerd Horten's absorbing narrative argues that no medium merged entertainment, propaganda, and advertising more effectively than radio. As a result, America's wartime radio propaganda emphasized an increasingly corporate and privatized vision of America's future, with important repercussions for the war years and the postwar era. Examining radio news programs, government propaganda shows, advertising, soap operas, and comedy programs, Horten situates radio wartime propaganda in the key shift from a Depression-era resentment of big business to the consumer and corporate culture of the postwar period.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520207831

OCLC:

47892298