Europe, on Air Interwar Projects for Radio Broadcasting

During the interwar years, broadcast radio became a popular way for Europeans to consume local, national, and international news. The medium not only began to shape European policy and politics, but also laid the foundation for European unification and global interconnectedness. In Europe On Air, Su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lommers, Suzanne (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2012.
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Technology and European history series ; 7.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37562599*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: European Broadcasting Visions
  • Unraveling European Broadcasting
  • Transnational Infrastructures in Europe
  • Broadcasting and Society-Building
  • Methodology and Outline
  • 2. Elites on the Barricades for Broadcasting
  • Pioneering in the Private Sector
  • Lack of International Regulation
  • Establishing International Broadcasting Union
  • 3. Europe in the Making
  • Invisible Interconnection
  • Wiring a Continent
  • Wireless World Visions
  • 4. Battles over Europe's Borders
  • Radio Moscow and Confining Europe in the East
  • Vatican Radio, Radio Nations, and Established Standards
  • Radio Luxembourg and Reluctant Experts
  • 5. War and Peace in the Sky
  • Elites Doubting a Technology's Virtue
  • Politicians Embrace Broadcasting
  • Nationalism Shatters Peace Regulation
  • 6. Broadcasting a Musical Culture
  • A Cultural Policy for a New Medium
  • Solutions to "Discothèque" and Copyright Problems
  • The International Live Program Constructed
  • Translating Music for Radio
  • Success and Failure
  • 7. Conclusion: Internationalism in Practice
  • Dreams of Feasibility
  • Envisioning Europe on Air.