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Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)

Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 By Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)

Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)

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Douglas reveals the origins of a corporate media system that today dominates the content and form of American communication.

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Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)

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.

Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 Reviews

A superb portrait of the communications revolution that profoundly altered 20th-century life. It will provide fresh insights, and perhaps generate controversy. Washington Post Book World A successful, at times elegant interdisciplinary work. Douglas combines discussions of technology and of business structure, portraits of inventors and amateurs, and analysis of internal navy organization to construct a convincing narrative on the importance of the 'pre-history' of radio. She draws from an impressive range of contemporary newspapers and technical magazines, government and business reports, and personal correspondence. This is a significant contribution to the understanding of American radio. -- Robert B. Horowitz Business History Review Fascinating detail... A far clearer picture than has been previously available. Journal of Communication

About Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)

Susan J. Douglas is professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Marconi and the America's Cup: The Making of an Inventor-Hero, 1899
2. Competition over Wireless Technology: The Inventors' Struggles for Technical Distinction, 1899-1903
3. The Visions and Business Realities of the Inventors, 1899-1905
4. Wireless Telegraphy in the New navy, 1899-1906
5. Inventors as Entrepreneurs: Success and Failure in the Wireless Business, 1906-1912
6. Popular Culture and Populist Technology: The Amateur Operators, 1906-1912
7. The Titanic Disaster and the First Radio Regulation, 1910-1912
8. The Rise of Military and Corporate Control, 1912-1919
9. The Social Construction of American Broadcasting, 1912-1922
Epilogue
Notes
Index

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NLS9780801838323
9780801838323
0801838320
Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922 by Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)
Susan J. Douglas (University of Michigan)
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
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Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
19890201
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