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PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520235908
ISBN-139780520235908
eBay Product ID (ePID)6021962
Product Key Features
Number of Pages250 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRadio Active : Advertising and Consumer Activism, 1935-1947
SubjectConsumer Guides, Consumer Behavior, General, United States / General, Radio / General, Advertising & Promotion
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Reference, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorKathleen M. Newman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-014270
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction. The Dialectic between Advertising and Activism Part I. Cultural Critics in the Age of Radio Chapter 1. The Psychology of Radio Advertising: Audience Intellectuals and the Resentment of Radio Commercials Chapter 2. "Poisons, Potions, and Profits": Radio Activists and the Origins of the Consumer Movement Part II. Consumers on the March: CIO Boycotts, Active Listeners, and Consumer Time Chapter 3. The Consumer Revolt of "Mr. Average Man": Boake Carter and the CIO Boycott of Philco Radio Chapter 4. Washboard Weepers: Women Writers, Women Listeners, and the Debate over Soap Operas Chapter 5. "I Won't Buy You Anything But Love, Baby": NBC, Donald Montgomery, and the Postwar Consumer Revolt Conclusion. High-Class Hucksters: The Rise and Fall of a Radio Republic Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisRadio Active tells the story of how radio listeners at the American mid-century were active in their listening practices. While cultural historians have seen this period as one of failed reform-focusing on the failure of activists to win significant changes for commercial radio-Kathy M. Newman argues that the 1930s witnessed the emergence of a symbiotic relationship between advertising and activism. Advertising helped to kindle the consumer activism of union members affiliated with the CIO, middle-class club women, and working-class housewives. Once provoked, these activists became determined to influence-and in some cases eliminate-radio advertising. As one example of how radio consumption was an active rather than a passive process, Newman cites The Hucksters, Frederick Wakeman's 1946 radio spoof that skewered eccentric sponsors, neurotic account executives, and grating radio jingles. The book sold over 700,000 copies in its first six months and convinced broadcast executives that Americans were unhappy with radio advertising. The Hucksters left its mark on the radio age, showing that radio could inspire collective action and not just passive conformity., Radio Active tells the story of how radio listeners at the American mid-century were active in their listening practices. While cultural historians have seen this period as one of failed reform--focusing on the failure of activists to win significant changes for commercial radio--Kathy M. Newman argues that the 1930s witnessed the emergence of a symbiotic relationship between advertising and activism. Advertising helped to kindle the consumer activism of union members affiliated with the CIO, middle-class club women, and working-class housewives. Once provoked, these activists became determined to influence--and in some cases eliminate--radio advertising. As one example of how radio consumption was an active rather than a passive process, Newman cites The Hucksters, Frederick Wakeman's 1946 radio spoof that skewered eccentric sponsors, neurotic account executives, and grating radio jingles. The book sold over 700,000 copies in its first six months and convinced broadcast executives that Americans were unhappy with radio advertising. The Hucksters left its mark on the radio age, showing that radio could inspire collective action and not just passive conformity.
LC Classification Number2003014270
