Listening in: Radio and the American Imagination, from Amos 'n' Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard SternDouglas reveals how radio has played a pivotal role in helping us imagine ourselves in invisible communities - of sports fans, Fred Allen devotees, rock'n'rollers, ham operators, Dittoheads - creating both deep cultural niches and broad national identities. Listening In is also a penetrating look at radio as a guiding force in shaping our views of race, gender roles, ethnic barriers, family dynamics, leadership, and the generation gap. |
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... cognitive psychology offers exciting new insights as to why radio listening might be an especially rich pastime for many people , we must also proceed with caution . For learning how we listen and what moves us emotionally when we hear ...
... cognitive psychology offers exciting new insights as to why radio listening might be an especially rich pastime for many people , we must also proceed with caution . For learning how we listen and what moves us emotionally when we hear ...
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... cognitive processing . Radio , from the dramas of the 1930s up through free form , made people learn how to pay attention . There are contradictions here , because listening to many of the variety shows of the 1930s and ' 40s , and ...
... cognitive processing . Radio , from the dramas of the 1930s up through free form , made people learn how to pay attention . There are contradictions here , because listening to many of the variety shows of the 1930s and ' 40s , and ...
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... cognitive advantage over those who don't . With the atrophying of communal imaginings comes reduced cognitive engagement , which leads to increased alienation from the concept of commu- nity itself . Radio did encourage people to feel ...
... cognitive advantage over those who don't . With the atrophying of communal imaginings comes reduced cognitive engagement , which leads to increased alienation from the concept of commu- nity itself . Radio did encourage people to feel ...
Contents
The FM Revolution | 256 |
Talk Talk | 284 |
Why Ham Radio Matters | 328 |
Copyright | |
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