Reconstructing Media Culture: Transnational Perspectives on Radio in Silesia, 1924–1948
Journal: Historical Journal Of Film Radio and Television
Year: 2019

This article contributes to a growing scholarship in the field of transnational radio history that attend to radio as a border-crossing medium. Within this burgeoning field, however, there is a persistent tendency to privilege radio produced by national broadcasters in capital cities. In this article, our focus on radio in Silesia seeks to intervene in current discussions of transnational and regional media history. From 1924, radio in German-controlled Silesia was established amidst ongoing bor