DocumentCode :
2779319
Title :
Radio broadcasting and its political use in Italy between the two world wars
Author :
Galdi, Roberto ; Pietra, Francesco ; Savini, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre for the History of Electr. Technol., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
fYear :
2010
fDate :
3-5 Nov. 2010
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
Radio broadcasting started in Italy in 1924 when URI (Unione Radiofonica Italiana) was founded, followed three years later by EIAR (Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche) and in 1944 by RAI (Radio Audizioni Italiane). Broadcasting was used for entertainment, for news reports, for commercial advertisements and for political propaganda. Radio made it possible, in particular, to disseminate speeches by Benito Mussolini, immediately reaching places that press did not. It was also used by the Government to educate people, particularly in rural areas. The paper investigates the political use of radio broadcasting in Italy in the 1920s and 1930s, a period characterized by a policy of national self-sufficiency and no reliance on imports.
Keywords :
radio broadcasting; Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche; Italy; Radio Audizioni Italiane; Unione Radiofonica Italiana; radio broadcasting; Media; Italy; Radio; broadcasting; political; propaganda; social; technology;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Conference (HISTELCON), 2010 Second IEEE Region 8 Conference on the History of
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7450-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7451-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735275
Filename :
5735275
Link To Document :
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