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Radio's legacy in popular culture : the sounds of British broadcasting over the decades / Martin Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Martin (College teacher), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Great Britain.
- Mass media.
- Radio in mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Explores the enduring cultural fascination with radio by looking at 100 years of the representation of radio in fiction, film, TV and pop music"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Constructing a radio culture: the years up to 1922
- Broadcasting on air, 1922 to 1935
- Developing ways of listening: class and distinction, 1935 to1938
- The home front: Modernism, war and its aftermath, 1938 to 1949
- The new Elizabetheans and new questions, 1950 to 1968
- Britain and the fascination with American radio nostalgia, 1969 to 1979
- Video killed the radio star: satire, politics and international listening 1979 to1984
- Hang the DJ: critiquing the present, remembering the past, 1984 to 1993
- Death and psychology: radio, genocide and loneliness, 1993 to 2006
- Listening back and looking forward: nostalgia and new technology, 2006 to 2022.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501360435
- 1501360434
- 9781501360428
- 1501360426
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