Radio active : advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947 / Kathy M. Newman.
2004
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Radio active : advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947 / Kathy M. Newman.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
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xiii, 237 pages : illustrations
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0520223721 cloth alkaline paper
0520235908 paperback alkaline paper
0520235908 paperback alkaline paper
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