By Donna Halper
ISBN-10: 0765636697
ISBN-13: 9780765636690
ISBN-10: 0765636700
ISBN-13: 9780765636706
Invisible Stars was once the 1st booklet to acknowledge that girls have constantly performed an enormous half in American digital media. The emphasis is on social heritage, because the writer skillfully explains how the altering function of girls in several eras encouraged their participation in broadcasting. this isn't simply the tale of radio stars or broadcast newshounds, yet a social historical past of girls either off and on the air. starting within the early Twenties with the emergence of radio, the publication chronicles the ambivalence towards ladies in broadcasting in the course of the Thirties and Forties, the sluggish swap in prestige of ladies within the Fifties and Sixties, the elevated presence of ladies in broadcasting within the Seventies, and the successes of girls in broadcasting within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties. the second one version is improved to incorporate the social and political alterations that happened within the 2000s, reminiscent of the starting to be variety of girls speak express hosts; altering attitudes approximately ladies in management roles in enterprise; extra approximately minority ladies in media; and girls in activities and ladies activities announcers. the writer addresses the query of even if ladies are in truth now not invisible in digital media. She offers an evaluate of the place growth for ladies (in society in addition to broadcasting) should be obvious, and the place development seems absolutely stalled.
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