University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 5-13-2011 Neil Postman's Missing Critique: A Media Ecology Analysis of Early Radio 1920-1935 Donna Lee Halper University of Massachusetts Amherst,
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[email protected]. NEIL POSTMAN’S MISSING CRITIQUE: A MEDIA ECOLOGY ANALYSIS OF EARLY RADIO, 1920-1935 A Dissertation presented by DONNA LEE HALPER Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2011 Communication © Copyright by Donna Lee Halper 2011 All Rights Reserved NEIL POSTMAN’S MISSING CRITIQUE: A MEDIA ECOLOGY ANALYSIS OF EARLY RADIO, 1920-1935 A Dissertation presented by DONNA LEE HALPER Approved as to style and content by: ________________________________________ Jarice Hanson, Chair ________________________________________ Erica Scharrer, Member _______________________________________ Olga Gershenson, Member ___________________________________________ Lisa Henderson, Chair Communication DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my late parents, Bea and Sam Halper, who taught me to love and appreciate books; and to the late Dr. Robert DeLancey, who believed in me at a time in my life when nobody else did.