Vatican Radio: Propagation by the Airwaves

by Marilyn Matelski

Overview

The history of HVJ, Vatican Radio, is discussed in this work along with its role in propagating church policies in all areas. Central to the discussion is the interrelation between leadership and social change as well as the necessity of creating a propaganda machine to maintain the existing system or to create a new order. Vatican Radio has served as one of the major media instruments of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church since its beginning in 1931. Scholars in either media or religion will be interested in this ground-breaking work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275947606
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1995
Series:	Media and Society Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

About the Author

MARILYN J. MATELSKI is Professor in the Department of Communication at Boston College. Dr. Matelski has written a number of books, jourbanal articles, and reviews concerning media and its uses.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
Papal Diplomacy and Vatican Radio
Models of Social Change Within the Modern Church
The Institutional Message: c.1550-c.1939
The Message of the Mystical Body: c.1940-c.1958
The Message of the "People of God:" c.1958-c.1963
Sacramental and Biblical Messages: c.1963-1978
Messages for "The Disciples:" c.1978-??
The Future: Mixed Messages
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index