Media at War: Radio's Challenge to the Newspapers, 1924-1939

Author:   Gwenyth L. Jackaway
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9780275952570


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   20 November 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Media at War: Radio's Challenge to the Newspapers, 1924-1939


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Fought when radio was first introduced, the Press-Radio war was an attempt on the part of print journalists to block the emergence of radio news. For nearly a decade, the newspapers of America fought to keep broadcast journalism off the air, exerting various forms of economic, regulatory, and legal pressure against new competitors. This study traces the stages and forms of institutional self-defense utilized by the press. Far more than mere battles to protect profits, media wars are fights to preserve the institutional power that derives from controlling the channels of communication.

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Author:   Gwenyth L. Jackaway
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9780275952570


ISBN 10:   0275952576
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   20 November 1995
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Media Wars and Resistance to New Technologies The Life Cycle of a Media War: The Three Stages of the Press-Radio War Radio's Threat to the Institutional Identity of the Press Radio's Threat to the Institutional Structure of the Press Radio's Threat to the Institutional Function of the Press Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index

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?Media at War is a case study of the period from 1924, the year in which the airways first reposted election returns, through 1939, the year that the Associated Press finally lifted its ban on providing news briefs to radio. During these years most newspapers attempted to block the development of broadcast journalism. At stake was the power to control news distribution--the power to shape public opinion and set the national political agenda.?-Choice


In her deeply researched 1995 book, Media at War: Radio's Challenge to the Newspapers, 1924-1939, scholar Gwenyth L. Jackaway charts a similar set of complaints leveled by newspapers against the upstart medium of radio in the 1920s and 1930s. - Slate.com Media at War is a case study of the period from 1924, the year in which the airways first reposted election returns, through 1939, the year that the Associated Press finally lifted its ban on providing news briefs to radio. During these years most newspapers attempted to block the development of broadcast journalism. At stake was the power to control news distribution--the power to shape public opinion and set the national political agenda. - Choice


Media at War is a case study of the period from 1924, the year in which the airways first reposted election returns, through 1939, the year that the Associated Press finally lifted its ban on providing news briefs to radio. During these years most newspapers attempted to block the development of broadcast journalism. At stake was the power to control news distribution--the power to shape public opinion and set the national political agenda. * Choice * In her deeply researched 1995 book, Media at War: Radio's Challenge to the Newspapers, 1924-1939, scholar Gwenyth L. Jackaway charts a similar set of complaints leveled by newspapers against the upstart medium of radio in the 1920s and 1930s. * Slate.com *


Author Information

GWENYTH L. JACKAWAY is an Assistant Professor of Communications at Fordham University, New York, where she teaches courses in media history, mass culture, and research methods.

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