Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II

By Gerd Horten.

Radio Goes to War: The Cultural Politics of Propaganda during World War II

Description

Radio Goes to War is the first comprehensive and in-depth look at the role of domestic radio in the United States during the Second World War. As this study convincingly demonstrates, radio broadcasting played a crucial role both in government propaganda and within the context of the broader cultural and political transformations of wartime America. Gerd Horten's absorbing narrative argues that no medium merged entertainment, propaganda, and advertising more effectively than radio. As a result, America's wartime radio propaganda emphasized an increasingly corporate and privatized ...

ISBN(s)

0520240618, 9780520240612

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