ABSTRACT
W hat was the world like before television? Or radio broadcasting?An elderly few can remember the world before radio, and manycan remember television’s advent. It wasn’t all that long ago. Today, however, most Americans spend more time with radio and television than they do at any other activity, including working and sleeping, and most Americans get most of their news from television. Obviously, we are dealing here with a phenomenon that is not only relatively recent but extremely important, one whose cultural impact is almost inestimable. Why, then, do we know so little about its development?
