History A-Level
Radio as a source of practical information
What Radio as a source of practical information means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Radio as a source of practical information
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Wartime broadcasts gave advice and information on air raids, rationing, evacuation and health through news bulletins and talks.
Topics that use Radio as a source of practical information
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 2 Wireless and the war: propaganda, information and entertainment, 1939-45 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Black propaganda
- Broadcasts from the front
- censorship
- Churchill’s relationship with the BBC
- Government influence over broadcasting
- Morale, public opinion and the BBC’s reputation
- Popular entertainment and national shared experience
- Sefton Delmer
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