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Modernization means examining the relationship between "traditionalism" and "modernism" and is interpreted as "a global transformation of the traditional, that is, the transforming of stagnant societies into dynamic systems" (Gredelj, 1997; 41). 2 Modernization can also be understood as "a process of social change, where less developed societies adopt characteristics that are common in developed societies" (Marković, 1990; 8). 3 The appearance of modernization, therefore, indicates "social development", as well as "the intensifying of the process of social differentiation and the constant changing of internal and external circumstances of a social system" (Gredelj, 1997; 41). 4 The medium of the radio represents a paradigmatic example for examining the process of modernization in the first half of the 20 th century. 5 The radio first appeared as a means of communication, alongside the telegraph and telephone, in the context of the development of industrial capitalism in the late 19 th century (Middleton, 1990; 84). 6 It was not until the second decade of the last century that the radio acquired its specific forms (broadcasting) and new social function, that is, became a mass medium

Author
bilja
Published
2007
Language
EN

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