Masterful Stories

Lessons from Golden Age Radio
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-69340-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 550 g

The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the Golden Age of Radio. Author and Professor John Pavlik mines the best this age of radio has to offer in Masterful Stories, an examination of the masterpieces of audio storytelling. This book provides a chronological history of the best of the best from radio’s Golden Age, outlining a core set of principles and techniques that made these radio plays enduring examples of storytelling. It suggests that, by using these techniques, stories can engage audiences emotionally and intellectually. Grounded in a historical and theoretical understanding of radio drama, this volume illuminates the foundational works that proceeded popular modern shows such as Radiolab, The Moth, and Serial.

Masterful Stories will be a powerful resource in both media history courses and courses teaching audio storytelling for modern radio and other audio formats, such as podcasting. It will appeal to audio fans looking to learn about and understand the early days of radio drama.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pavlik, John V

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Theory of Masterful Stories

Chapter 2: Golden Age Radio Plays: Examining 120 Case Studies

Chapter 3: Radio’s Earliest Plays: Inventing the Medium’s Storytelling Form in the 1920s and 1930s

Chapter 4: Radio Hits its Dramatic Stride: The Early 1940s

Chapter 5: Classics Continued Post WWII: From the Mid to Late 1940s

Chapter 6: Post-WWII Radio Drama: Early to Mid 1950s

Chapter 7: End of an Era: Exemplary Plays from the 1950s and Beyond

Chapter 8: Concluding Reflections on Stories from Golden Age Radio

Über Autor(innen)

John V. Pavlik is a Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Pavlik has written widely about the impact of technological change on journalism, media, and society. His new book offers an historical perspective on the development of storytelling in the first electronic medium of mass communication, radio.