Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the United States, 1920-1940JHU Press, 2000 - 362 pages In Fireside Politics, Douglas B. Craig provides the first detailed and complete examination of radio's changing role in American political culture between 1920 and 1940—the medium's golden age, when it commanded huge national audiences without competition from television. Craig follows the evolution of radio into a commercialized, networked, and regulated industry, and ultimately into an essential tool for winning political campaigns and shaping American identity in the interwar period. Finally, he draws thoughtful comparisons of the American experience of radio broadcasting and political culture with those of Australia, Britain, and Canada. |
Contents
The Radio Age The Growth of Radio Broadcasting 18951940 | 3 |
Radio Advertising and Networks | 18 |
Regulatory Models and the Radio Act of 1927 | 36 |
The Federal Radio Commission 19271934 | 59 |
A New Deal for Radio? The Communications Act of 1934 | 78 |
The Federal Communications Commission and Radio 19341940 | 92 |
Radio and the Business of Politics 19201940 | 111 |
The Sellers Stations Networks and Political Broadcasting | 113 |
The Consumers Radio Audiences and Voters | 186 |
Radio and Citizenship 19201940 | 203 |
Radio and the Problem of Citizenship | 205 |
Radio at the Margins Broadcasting and the Limits of Citizenship | 234 |
Radio and the Politics of Good Taste | 258 |
Conclusion | 279 |
Notes | 285 |
Bibliography | 329 |
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