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Author:   Jim Cox
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780786469635

ISBN 10:   0786469633
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   29 April 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Cool Stuff and History Light  1. Hard Copies: The Origins of American Newspapers  2. The Origins of Electronic Journalism  3. “Millions Are Out Here Listening Every Day!”  4. Who Owns the Ether? It Belongs to Us All  5. Censorship: Pressures from Without, Within  6. The Art of Persuasion: Everybody Has a Bias  7. Nights of the Roundtable: Clashes, Conflicts Courted  8. At All Hours: News Achieves Parity, Perceptibly Prospers  9. Journalism’s Inducement in a Rise of Local Stations 10. Consequences of Radio’s Reliance on Print 11. The Fanzines: Trade Issues to Perpetuate the Industry 12. Optical Illusions? News Fix? Boosting Aural Text with Pix 13. Magazine of the Airwaves: News in a Novel Format 14. When It’s Time for News, the Big Hand Is on the 24 15. Baubles, Bangles, Gadgetry: New Marvels Dispatch News Biographical Dictionary of Radio Journalists Notes Bibliography Index

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an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism --Radio Recall; informative...highly recommend --Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts; Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting --Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism --<i>Radio Recall</i>; informative...highly recommend --<i>Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts</i>; Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting --<i>Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly</i>.

"""an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism""--Radio Recall; ""informative...highly recommend""--Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts; ""Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting""--Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly."

“an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism”—Radio Recall; “informative...highly recommend”—Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts; “Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting”—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

Author Information

Jim Cox, a leading radio historian, is an award-winning author of numerous books on the subject. A retired college professor, he lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

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