{"product_id":"radios-hidden-voice-9780252034473","title":"Radios Hidden Voice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA detailed study of American public radio's early history\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Undergirding this discussion with prodigious research in primary sources, Slotten provides an ambitious history of public broadcasting in the US. . . . Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a masterful work.  It is for anyone interested in exploring the ways in which education institutions helped develop broadcast policy in the United States.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournalism History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gem of a look a the birth of public broadcasting.\"--\u003ci\u003eJhistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important contribution to the histories of both radio and higher education.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Annals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressively researched and clearly written, \u003ci\u003eRadio's Hidden Voice\u003c\/i\u003e recovers a lost and important chapter in American broadcasting history.\"--James L. Baughman, author of \u003ci\u003eSame Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This thoroughly researched and engaging account constitutes an important contribution to the growing shelf of scholarship on public radio, early radio history, and on questions of how the 'public interest' has been defined in broadcast and communication policy in the twentieth century.\"--Jason Loviglio, author of \u003ci\u003eRadio's Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e Prologue   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Public-Service Experimentation, Land-Grant Universities, and the Development of Broadcasting in the United States, 1900-1925   9\u003cbr\u003e 2. University Stations, Extension Ideals, and Broadcast Practices during the 1920s   40\u003cbr\u003e 3. Public-Service Broadcasting and the Development of Radio Policy, 1900-1927   80\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Federal Radio Commission and the Decline of Noncommercial Educational Stations, 1927-34   113\u003cbr\u003e 5. Education and the Fight to Reform Radio Broadcasting, 1930-36   152\u003cbr\u003e 6. Broadcast Practices and the Stabilization of Noncommercial Stations during the 1930s and 1940s   178\u003cbr\u003e 7. Network Practices, Government Oversight, and Public-Service Ideals: The \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Chicago Round Table\u003c\/i\u003e   216\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue   239\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations   251\u003cbr\u003e Notes   257\u003cbr\u003e Index   305","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400424661335,"sku":"9780252034473","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034473.jpg?v=1730470650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radios-hidden-voice-9780252034473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}