Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922

By (author): "Susan J. Douglas"
Genres:Nonfiction books  History books  Academic books  Judaica books  
Publish Date: October 1st 1987
Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922
ISBN0801838320
ISBN139780801838323
AsinInventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922
Original titleInventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
SeriesJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
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.