Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922

Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922

by

Susan J. Douglas

Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

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.

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: Feb. 1, 1989
Number of pages: 400
ISBN: 9780801838323

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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.