History of International Broadcasting, Volume 1 (History and Management of Technology) - Softcover

Wood, J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863413021 ISBN 13: 9780863413025

Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1905

Synopsis

The history of radio broadcasting is traced from its earliest origins, through its role as a subversive tool in World War II to the cold war era, and finally to its present day use as an instrument of foreign policy used by over 160 countries.

The effects on the cold war, in which propoganda broadcasting was the ultimate weapon, contributing in no small measure to the collapse of communism in the USSR, are analysed. The roles of Voice of America, the BBC World Service and others come under scrutiny, and the concluding chapters report on the explosive growth in international broadcasting now taking place in the aftermath of recent political events.

The book is supplemented with up-to-date technical data and statistics on major expansions now under way or being planned in many countries, particularly the USA and the Arab states, some of the latter having a broadcasting capacity that dwarfs most western countries.

The appeal of the book is by no means restricted to scientists and engineers and many will find much to stir their memories of international radio broadcasts in wartime and peacetime alike.

About this title

About the Author

Eur Ing James Wood is a consulting engineer and specialist freelance journalist, having contributed to all the major broadcasting journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Publication date: 1905
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863413021
• ISBN 13: 9780863413025
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282