Radio reader: essays in the cultural history of radio

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1. Re-Thinking Radio Michele Hilmes 2. Radio and Political Transition: Public Service, Propaganda and Promotional Culture Kate Lacey 3. Critical Reception: Public Intellectuals Decry Depression-era Radio, Mass Culture and Modern America Bruce Lenthall 4. Retuning the Farm: Rural Radio Listening and the State in Wisconsin, 1920-1932 Derek Vaillant 5. Vox Pop: Network Radio and the Voice of the People Jason Loviglio 6. The Tendency to Deprave and Corrupt: Regulation and Irregular Sexuality in Golden Age Radio Comedy Matthew Murray 7. Man of the Hour: Walter A. Maier and the Religion by Radio on the Lutheran Hour Tona Hangen 8. Scary Women and Scarred Men: Radio Suspense Drama, Gender Trouble and Postwar Change (1943-1948) Allison McCracken 9. Radio's 'Cultural Front' 1938-1948 Judith E. Smith 10. Radio and the Political Discourse of Racial Equality Barbara Savage 11. A Dark(ened) Figure on the Airwaves: Radio, Racial Representation and The Green Hornet Alexander Russo 12. American Radio Propogandists for the Axis Powers William F. O'Connor 13. Bells of Freedom: American Influenced Radio Programming during the Allied Occupation of Japan Susan Smulyan 14. Before the Scandals: The Radio Precedents of the Quiz Show Genre Jason Mittell 15. The 'Radio-Active Housewife': Suburban Consumers, Cold War Homes, and the Demise of Daytime Serials in the Age of Television Jennifer Wang 16. Radio, Music, Culture and Business in Transition: 1947-1962 Eric Rothenbuhler 17. Turn On ... Tune In: The Rise and Demise of Commercial Underground Radio Michael Keith 18. National Public Radio and the Idea of Public Service Jack Mitchell 19. The Alienation of the Public from Public Radio: The Low-Power Alternative Paul Riismandel 20. Scanning the 'Stations of the Cross': Christian Right Radio in Post-Fordist Society Paul Apostolidis 21. Black Liberation Radio John Fiske 22. Talk Talk Susan Douglas 23. Radio's Digital Future: Preserving the Public Interest in the Age of New Media Michael McCauley