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    121. What these people need is radio: new technology, the press and otherness in 1920s America

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Patnode, Randall (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2003-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: C19137
    Journal Title:
    Technology and culture
    Journal Title Details:
    44(2) : 285-305
    Notes:
    A study of the rise in popularity of radio in rural America in the 1920s and the portrayal of farmers in the press during this time. In the effort to promote the general value of radio, the press focused on how it was adopted by farmers. The media exaggerated the shortcomings of farm life, supporting the increasingly urban and modern way of life, and isolating and marginalizing rural dwellers.