http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/18/chinas-millions-twist-the-dials/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/02/18/chinas-millions-twist-the-dials/comment-page-1/#comment-1065947 Steve J. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:47:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7206#comment-1065947 This was a great article on not only the development of radio in China but the cultural implications of the introduction of a mass media engine on a populace who looked at it as the apex of communication technology. This was similar to what the United states had experienced a few decades earlier. One year after this article, the Japanese invaded mainland China and quickly captured Beijing and Tianjin which sparked 8 years of bloody conflict. In 1946, there occurred the Revolution in China that resulted in the current Communist regime. All forms of communication soon became controlled by invaders or the national government as it did in many other governments of that era. We in the U.S never experienced this which is why we advanced to the Tyra Banks Show, Rush Limbaugh and Facebook. Yep, communication technology certainly reflects the parent culture. This was a great article on not only the development of radio in China but the cultural implications of the introduction of a mass media engine on a populace who looked at it as the apex of communication technology. This was similar to what the United states had experienced a few decades earlier.
One year after this article, the Japanese invaded mainland China and quickly captured Beijing and Tianjin which sparked 8 years of bloody conflict. In 1946, there occurred the Revolution in China that resulted in the current Communist regime. All forms of communication soon became controlled by invaders or the national government as it did in many other governments of that era. We in the U.S never experienced this which is why we advanced to the Tyra Banks Show, Rush Limbaugh and Facebook. Yep, communication technology certainly reflects the parent culture.

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