| Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 Contributor(s): Douglas, Susan J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801838320 ISBN-13: 9780801838323 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1989 Annotation: Such organizations as AT& T, General Electric, and the U.S. Navy played major roles in radio's evolution, but early press coverage may have decisively steered radio in the direction of mass entertainment. Susan J. Douglas reveals the origins of a corporate media system that today dominates the content and form of American communication. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Radio - Performing Arts | Radio - General - Science | History |
| Dewey: 384.540 |
| LCCN: 87003717 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.97" W x 9.25" (1.25 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Such organizations as AT&T, General Electric, and the U.S. Navy played major roles in radio's evolution, but early press coverage may have decisively steered radio in the direction of mass entertainment. Susan J. Douglas reveals the origins of a corporate media system that today dominates the content and form of American communication. |
Contributor Bio(s): Douglas, Susan J.: - Susan J. Douglas is professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Michigan. |