The Journal of 20th Century Media History is a fully online, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original essays, research articles, and book reviews on topics related to the history of mass media in 20th Century North America. We publish articles on journalism, broadcasting, film, publishing, strategic communications, and related ...

2023年4月13日 · In the early decades of the 20th century, the first major non-print forms of mass media—film and radio—exploded in popularity. Radios, which were less expensive than telephones and widely available by the 1920s, especially had the unprecedented ability of allowing huge numbers of people to listen to the same event at the same time.

20th century media, 1900-20 : sound and light. Examines the development of mass communication in the first two decades of the twentieth century, including telegraphy, early experiments with radio, the first press barons, storing sound, and the birth of the cinema. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Journal of 20th Century Media History. Although it has taken longer than expected to get this project underway, we are proud to see the journal go live for the first time.

2020年8月11日 · Introduction -- The press as a mass medium -- The development of the film industry -- The growth of radio broadcasting -- The rise of advertising -- Propaganda in peace and war -- Cold war and communication -- Television and consumer societies -- Media, information, and entertainment -- Media, war, and international relations -- New media ...

2020年9月13日 · Examines the changes that took place in the media during the 1920s and 1930s as forms other than newspapers were developed for spreading news and entertainment. Considers the development of radio broadcasting, early experiments with television, silent and talking movies, gramophone recording, and other print media such as the tabloid press ...

In the 20th century, radio allowed advertisers to reach a mass audience and helped spur the consumerism of the 1920s—and the Great Depression of the 1930s. After World War II, television boomed in the United States and abroad, though its concentration in the hands of three major networks led to accusations of conformity.

Little Lindy is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. Dooley, Patricia L. “Minnesota Publishers and Editors as Elected Officials, 1923-1938: A Comparison of Journalistic Rhetoric and Conduct.” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 71:1 (1994): 64-75.

2012年7月26日 · This book discusses media texts and meanings in a global age, modernism, postmodernism, and the consumer society and advertising, as well as media histories from the 20th Century to the present.

In the early decades of the 20th century, the first major nonprint form of mass media—radio—exploded in popularity. Radios, which were less expensive than telephones and widely available by the 1920s, had the unprecedented ability of allowing huge numbers of people to listen to the same event at the same time.