Radio utopia: Promoting public interest in a 1940s radio documentary

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 859-873

  Ehrlich, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Journalism history; Juvenile delinquency; Radio documentary; Radio history; Robert lewis shayon; Saul alinsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953032923     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802227837     Document Type: Article

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