Making radio : early radio production and the rise of modern sound culture, 1920-1930 / Shawn VanCour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

VanCour, Shawn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Radio broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting--Aesthetics.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The opening decades of the twentieth century witnessed a profound transformation in the history of modern sound media, with workers in US film, radio, and record industries developing pioneering production methods and performance styles tailored to emerging technologies of electric sound reproduction that directly shaped dominant forms and experiences of modern sound culture. Focusing on broadcasting's initial expansion period during the 1920s, 'Making Radio' explores the forms of creative labor pursued for the medium before the better-known network era of the 1930s and 1940s, assessing their role in shaping radio's own identity and identifying affinities with parallel practices pursued for conversion-era film and phonography.

Contents:

Introduction : a production-oriented approach to early broadcasting

Making radio time: managing broadcasting's sonic flows

Making radio genres: Radiogenie as a force in early program development

Making radio music: creating the radio sound

Making radio drama: creating sound fictions

Making radio talk: taming electric speech

Conclusion: Mediamaking and the making of media labor

Appendix: A note on sources

Abbreviations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-049713-0

0-19-049714-9

0-19-049712-2