Radio Active: Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935/1947 - Couverture rigide

Newman, Kathleen M.

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ISBN 10 : 0520223721 ISBN 13 : 9780520223721

Editeur : University of California Press, 2004

Synopsis

Radio Active tells the story of how radio listeners at the American mid-century were active in their listening practices. While cultural historians have seen this period as one of failed reform―focusing on the failure of activists to win significant changes for commercial radio―Kathy M. Newman argues that the 1930s witnessed the emergence of a symbiotic relationship between advertising and activism. Advertising helped to kindle the consumer activism of union members affiliated with the CIO, middle-class club women, and working-class housewives. Once provoked, these activists became determined to influence―and in some cases eliminate―radio advertising.

As one example of how radio consumption was an active rather than a passive process, Newman cites The Hucksters, Frederick Wakeman's 1946 radio spoof that skewered eccentric sponsors, neurotic account executives, and grating radio jingles. The book sold over 700,000 copies in its first six months and convinced broadcast executives that Americans were unhappy with radio advertising. The Hucksters left its mark on the radio age, showing that radio could inspire collective action and not just passive conformity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kathy M. Newman is Associate Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520223721
• ISBN 13: 9780520223721
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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