Contested airwaves : American radio at home and abroad, 1914-1946 /
"Controversial American-led radio initiatives sparked a kaleidoscope of conflicts and rivalries from the medium's earliest days through the end of World War II. Michael Krysko explores how the medium first engaged and then encouraged listeners to draw on their existing knowledge, assumptio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | The history of media and communication
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| Summary: | "Controversial American-led radio initiatives sparked a kaleidoscope of conflicts and rivalries from the medium's earliest days through the end of World War II. Michael Krysko explores how the medium first engaged and then encouraged listeners to draw on their existing knowledge, assumptions, and prejudices to reach conclusions about foreign and unwelcome radio content. Krysko looks at Americans' antagonism toward non-English language broadcasting; issues of identity, geography, and sovereignty behind US opposition to Mexico's border blaster stations; how a project aimed at helping Cajun-speaking listeners became a French-only celebration of Acadian culture; the failed Basic English program in Latin America; conflicts between and within Panamanian and American radio interests; and how a US-Cuba treaty on radio reception caused an uproar among farmers in the Southwest. Paying particular attention to the act of listening, Krysko shows how these initiatives illuminated and solidified divisions rooted in identity, nationalism, and prejudice. Clear and wide-ranging, Contested Airwaves reveals early radio's place at the nexus of public programming, transnational relations, and its own evolution as a communication medium"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252046391 0252046390 9780252088476 0252088476 |