Twentieth-century radio remains the least studied major medium

Evidence

Radio is, in general, the least studied of the twentieth-century media, and yet it has been of tremendous importance in shaping and reflecting popular sensibility. Moreover, although there is a sizeable literature on Israeli broadcasting, most of it is the work of sociologists and communications specialists, often former broadcasters, who base their findings on personal and professional experience rather than archival research. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 683

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: why has radio—unlike film, TV, print—escaped sustained scholarly attention, given its role in nation-building states? Radio as invisible infrastructure.