Radio active : advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947 / Kathy M. Newman.

Author/creator Newman, Kathy M., 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxiii, 237 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction: the dialectic between advertising and activism -- Cultural critics in the age of radio -- The psychology of radio advertising: audience intellectuals and the resentment of radio commercials -- "Poisons, potions and profits": radio activists and the origins of the consumer movement -- Consumers on the march: CIO boycotts, active listeners, and consumer time -- The consumer revolt of "Mr. Average Man": the CIO boycott of Philco -- Radio and Boake Carter -- Washboard weepers: women writers, women listeners and the debate over soap operas -- "I won't buy you anything but love, baby": NBC, Donald Montgomery, and the post-war consumer revolt -- Conclusion: high-class hucksters: the rise and fall of a radio republic.
Local noteLittle-344715--305131050715V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-227) and index.
LCCN 2003014270
ISBN0520223721 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520235908 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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