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Wireless Internationalism and Distant Listening - Britain, Propaganda, and the Invention of Global Radio, 1920-1939 (Hardcover)
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Wireless Internationalism and Distant Listening - Britain, Propaganda, and the Invention of Global Radio, 1920-1939 (Hardcover)
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During the 1920s and 1930s the new medium of radio broadcasting
promised to transform society by fostering national unity and
strengthening and popularising national cultures. However, many
hoped that 'wireless' would also encourage international
understanding and world peace. Intentionally or otherwise, wireless
signals crossed borders, bringing talk, music, and news to
enthusiastic 'distant listeners' in other countries. In Europe,
radio was regulated through international consultation and
cooperation, to restrict interference between stations, and to
unleash the medium's full potential to carry programmes to global
audiences. A distinctive form of 'wireless internationalism'
emerged, reflecting and reinforcing the broader internationalist
movement and establishing structures and approaches which endured
into the Second World War, the Cold War, and beyond. This study
reveals this untold history. Wireless Internationalism and Distant
Listening also explores the neglected interwar experience of
distant listening, revealing the prevalence of listening across
borders and explaining how individuals struggled to overcome
unwanted noise, tune in as many stations as possible, and
comprehend and enjoy what they heard. The volume shows how radio
brought the world to Britain, and Britain to the world. It revises
our understanding of early BBC broadcasting and the BBC Empire
Service (the precursor to today's World Service) and shows how
government influence shaped early BBC international broadcasting in
English, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese. It also explores the
wider European and trans-Atlantic context, demonstrating how
Fascism in Italy and Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the
Japanese invasion of China, combined to overturn the utopianism of
the 1920s and usher in a new era of wireless nationalism.
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