“Mapping the New Mental World Created by Radio”: Media Messages, Cultural Politics, and Cantril and Allport'sThe Psychology of Radio
Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: During the 1930s a number of interesting critiques of science and society emerged in the social sciences in general, and in psychology in particular. One example of this trend is The Psychology of Radio (1935), authored by Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport and his former student Hadley Cantril. The book, which was intended for both professional and lay audiences, sought to open discussion on the effects of the pervasive presence of radio, and to throw into relief the political, cultural, and economic contexts in which this new form of mass communication was embedded.
Source: Journal of Social Issues
Author: Katherine Pandora
Institution: University of Oklahoma
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2038732008