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The importance of the radio proved to be very important way to connect people, and it "made the crowd into the people" (pg 208). It made a sense of community amongst the people, not matter what differentiated them, people could listen to the radio wherever they were, and whoever they were. I thought that "The Hora do Brazil" was really interesting. Since the radio was so popular and widely listened to, Getulio Vargas made all the radio stations in Brazil broadcast on hour of political information in the form of speeches, announcements and more. However, no one listened to it, and some stations refused to play it.  This is something that I think would still happen today, because when people like politics and free time to be separate events, something I would compare to ads online, which I think everyone skips because they don't want government messages or advertisements to interfere with leisure time. What I found interesting was that the only time that Vargas really had the attention of the radio was in his suicide note.
Document 7.1 was very skeptical, as it says in the textbook  that critics have said for a long time the The Times have purposefully chosen less attractive events in Latin America, and specifically written in negative ways.  This brings up the question of how realistic the the report of the event was. the reporter shows her biased view by stating "The Presidents acceptance was unqualified" and also when judging about how long it took Senora Peron to make a decision, and then not making an appearance on the radio. The reporter overall seems unprofessional, as I think reporters are normally supposed to be unbiased and just state the fats as they happen without expressing their own personal opinion.
Document 7.2 and 7.3  are different versions of the speech made by Peron, and Dawson explains that 7.2 was the version that was never actually said, likely because it was the speech that was written but not said, maybe because of the reactions of the crowd. In 7.3 the crowd is very involved, and the speech had to be taken in another direction to calm the crowd and please them.

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20th century modernity was a novel experience for every level of society, accompanied with new tools to facilitate connection to the now truly massive urban populations by political leaders. Previously, a political speech was made to a small assembled ... read full post >>

This chapter illustrates how mass communication brought “power to the people” and effectively unified people, who had always been inherently similar, but lacked access to understand the extent of their similarities. Dawson explains how radio changed the previous dynamic, where crowds were formerly “unable to sustain movements that went much further than the village boundary […] read full post >>

This chapter illustrates how mass communication brought “power to the people” and effectively unified people, who had always been inherently similar, but lacked access to understand the extent of their similarities. Dawson explains how radio changed the previous dynamic, where crowds were formerly “unable to sustain movements that went much further than the village boundary […] read full post >>

The texts this week pertain to the 1950s Argentine political force that was Eva and Juan Peron of the Peron Party. In 1951, Eva addressed a million citizens that had gathered in the streets of Buenos Aires. As she attempted to politely decline her nomination for vice-president, the crowd became intense, protested, and eventually created […] read full post >>

The importance of the radio proved to be very important way to connect people, and it "made the crowd into the people" (pg 208). It made a sense of community amongst the people, not matter what differentiated them, people could listen to the radio wher... read full post >>

20th century modernity was a novel experience for every level of society, accompanied with new tools to facilitate connection to the now truly massive urban populations by political leaders. Previously, a political speech was made to a small assembled ... read full post >>

This weeks reading talk about the renunciamento, which highlights the power that Eva Perón had as an ambitious politician. It also demonstrates how the masses and the people have control; it shows the full strength of the crowd, in a good way and also its capacity to be a powerful and disruptive political force. The […] read full post >>

This weeks reading talk about the renunciamento, which highlights the power that Eva Perón had as an ambitious politician. It also demonstrates how the masses and the people have control; it shows the full strength of the crowd, in a good way and also its capacity to be a powerful and disruptive political force. The […] read full post >>

This week readings were giving us a glance into probably the most unique event of Argentina history, namely, the phenomena of Eva Peron. She was the major driving force of the Peronist movenment. She was the voice of people, the … Continue reading → read full post >>