[cr-india] The March of Radio : Technology and Utopia

[George Lessard]

The March of Radio : Technology and Utopia
http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/RADIO_ESSAYS.html

"...But there's a critical difference between 
today's debates over the Internet and yesterday's 
over the radio. Today, questions of cultural 
corruption--pornography and violence--hold the 
public's interest, while the more complex issues 
of commercialization and private control of a 
public resource are relegated to the business 
pages and the peripheries of the public mind."

Welcome to Primary Documents.

The idea behind this web site is to provide 
primary documents on a variety of topics in media 
and social history as a tool for teachers or as a 
source of enjoyment for the historically minded.

In years of poking around in archives we've come 
across gems of documents that articulate an 
historical moment particularly well or shed light 
on a complex issue in a rich vernacular. As 
teachers we've found these useful in opening up 
discussion on what can sometimes be a dry and 
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they excite you as well. Browse and enjoy.


Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson (See footnote for further details)


Index


The March of Radio An Overview

Minute Men of the Air William S. Dutton,  Congressional Record,  1929

Rajah in a Low Back Chair Thos. L. Williams, Radio Digest Illustrated,  1926

Radio Wrinkles and other news excerpts collected in Radio Broadcast,  1925

Radio and the Child Sidonie Matner Gruenberg, 
Annals of the American Academy,  1935

A Radio Husband Rhea Sheldon,  Radio Digest Illustrated, 1926

Radio as an Educational Force Glenn Frank, 
Annals of the American Academy, 1935

The Public Interest? Hope Thompson,  Congressional Record, 1929

Radio and the Humanities William S. Paley, 
Annals of the American Academy, 1935 from "This 
Is Norman Brokenshire", 1954

The National Radio Home-Maker's Club Ida Bailey Allen,  1930s

Do They Earn Their Pay? Robert Eichberg,  Congressional  Record,  1934

Should Radio Be Used For Advertising Joseph H. Jackson, Radio Broadcast,  1922

What Radio Reports Are Coming To New York Sun,  1926

The Future of Radio Advertising in the United 
States Roy S. Durstine,  Annals of the American 
Academy,  1935

The Impending Radio War James Rorty,  Harper's Magazine,  1931

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