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Day 5 of Mass Media Unit
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Radio
The Impact of Radio on American Politics,Life, and Public Opinion
November 18, 2008
Lesson Outline
ο Lectureν History, types of programs, benefits and
drawbacks
ο Audio clips from various programs
ο Discussion
ο Exit Ticket
What are we going to learn?
ο How has radio affected U.S. politicsthroughout history?
ο What types of radio programs are the mostuseful for gaining information about theworld?
ο What are the benefits of radio?Drawbacks?
The War of the Worlds
Radio as a New Technology…
ο First widespread use was among shipsν Navigation and communication
ο Took many years after its invention forcompanies to make any profit
ο 1935-1950 = Golden Age of Radioν 2 of 3 homes had radio sets in1935ν Advertisers shifting from newspapers to radioν 20 regional networks broadcasting news and
entertainment 24 hrs. a day
FDR’s Fireside Chats
ο Radio addresses by FDR directly to theAmerican peopleν Very popular --> more listeners than the most
popular shows
ο Started during the Great Depressionν Urged people to support him and his policies
ο Set a precedent of presidents directlyaddressing the electorate
Radio as Entertainment
ο Radio Dramaν By the 1940’s it was the leading entertainment
ν With the invention of T.V. in the 50’s it lostpopularity
ν Most famous broadcast was Orson Welle’sWar of the Worlds
The Rise of Talk Radio
ο Pundits: A journalist or personality whofrequently offers his or her perspective onnational affairs in the media.
ο Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, RachelMaddow, Al Franken
ο News or entertainment?
News Radio
ο National Public Radio
ο Local News stations
ο Free from bias?
Let’s Listen To Some Clips…
ο Rachel Maddowν Tone?ν Bias?
ο Sean Hannityν Tone?ν Bias?
ο National Public Radioν Tone?ν Bias?
Which Clip Was The Most…
ο Objective?ο Biased?ο Entertaining?ο Informative?ο Boring?
ο Which one would you listen to on aregular basis?
Benefits and Drawbacks of Radio
ο Benefits ο Drawbacks
Exit Ticket
ο On a piece of paper please finish thefollowing sentences:ν One thing I enjoy about the way you teach is…
ν Two things I think you could do better are…