Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922

By: Susan J. Douglas

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Paperback | 16 April 1989

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Based on contemporary sources, the widely acclaimed history of early radio.

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.

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Film, TV & Radio Radio / Podcasts Science Science in General History of Science Engineering & Technology Electronics & Communications Engineering Communications Engineering & Telecommunications Radio Technology Society & Culture

Media Studies History Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History Industry & Industrial Studies Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Marconi and the America's Cup: The Making of an Inventor-Hero, 1899	p. 3
Competition over Wireless Technology: The Inventors' Struggles for Technical Distinction, 1899-1903	p. 29
The Visions and Business Realities of the Inventors, 1899-1905	p. 61
Wireless Telegraphy in the New Navy, 1899-1906	p. 102
Inventors as Entrepreneurs: Success and Failure in the Wireless Business, 1906-1912	p. 144
Popular Culture and Populist Technology: The Amateur Operators, 1906-1912	p. 187
The Titanic Disaster and the First Radio Regulation, 1910-1912	p. 216
The Rise of Military and Corporate Control, 1912-1919	p. 240
The Social Construction of American Broadcasting, 1912-1922	p. 292
Epilogue	p. 315
Notes	p. 323
Index	p. 355
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