Radio active advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Kathy M. 1966-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
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245 1 0 |a Radio active  |h [electronic resource] :  |b advertising and consumer activism, 1935-1947 /  |c Kathy M. Newman. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c 2004. 
300 |a xiii, 237 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: the dialectic between advertising and activism -- Cultural critics in the age of radio -- The psychology of radio advertising: audience intellectuals and the resentment of radio commercials -- "Poisons, potions and profits": radio activists and the origins of the consumer movement -- Consumers on the march: CIO boycotts, active listeners, and consumer time -- The consumer revolt of "Mr. Average Man": the CIO boycott of Philco -- Radio and Boake Carter -- Washboard weepers: women writers, women listeners and the debate over soap operas -- "I won't buy you anything but love, baby": NBC, Donald Montgomery, and the post-war consumer revolt -- Conclusion: high-class hucksters: the rise and fall of a radio republic. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Radio advertising  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Consumer behavior  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Boycotts  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Consumer protection  |z United States  |x History. 
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