000322062 000__ 02623cam\a2200349\a\4500 000322062 001__ 322062 000322062 005__ 20210513120034.0 000322062 008__ 070220s2007\\\\ilu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000322062 010__ $$a 2007007194 000322062 020__ $$a9780226471921 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000322062 020__ $$a0226471926 (pbk. : alk. paper) 000322062 020__ $$a9780226471914 (alk. paper) 000322062 020__ $$a0226471918 (alk. paper) 000322062 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm84838887 000322062 035__ $$a322062 000322062 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dC#P$$dYDXCP$$dIAK 000322062 043__ $$an-us--- 000322062 049__ $$aISEA 000322062 05000 $$aPN1991.3.U6$$bL46 2007 000322062 08200 $$a302.23/44097309043$$222 000322062 1001_ $$aLenthall, Bruce. 000322062 24510 $$aRadio's America :$$bthe Great Depression and the rise of modern mass culture /$$cBruce Lenthall. 000322062 260__ $$aChicago :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$c2007. 000322062 300__ $$ax, 261 p. ;$$c23 cm. 000322062 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-253) and index. 000322062 5050_ $$aIntroduction: "The story of the century" -- 1. Radio's challenges: public intellectuals and the problem of mass culture. William Orton and the mass-consumption critique ; James Rorty and the mass-production critique ; African American intellectuals and the mass-production critique in action ; Related solutions ; Defenders of the faith -- 2. Radio's listeners: personalizing mass culture. The mass audience listens ; Consumer bargaining ; "When you can't find a friend, you've still got the radio" -- 3. Radio's democracy: the politics of the fireside. Roosevelt on the radio ; Radio democracy: the politics of intimacy ; Radio democracy: the politics of information ; Once and future ideals? -- 4. Radio's champions: strange gods? Radio stars ; Voices of the people ; Power . . . corrupts? ; Limited amplitude -- 5. Radio's students: media studies and the possibilities of mass communication. Paul Lazarsfeld and social pragmatism's hope ; Herman Hettinger and commercial pragmatism's faith ; Theodor Adorno's critical theory: a considerably less charitable view -- 6. Radio's writers: a public voice in the modern world. Art of the air ; Public speech, public art, and mass communication ; Modernism on the air ; Muffled voices. 000322062 650_0 $$aRadio broadcasting$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000322062 650_0 $$aRadio broadcasting$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000322062 85200 $$bgen$$hPN1991.3.U6$$iL46$$i2007 000322062 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007007194-b.html 000322062 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007007194-d.html 000322062 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2007007194-t.html 000322062 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:322062$$pGLOBAL_SET 000322062 980__ $$aBIB 000322062 980__ $$aBOOK 000322062 994__ $$aC0$$bISE