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Literary notes about RADIO (AI summary)

In literature, "radio" emerges as a multifaceted symbol that goes far beyond its literal sense as a device for communication. In some works, it represents the power of mass communication and propaganda during war, as seen in descriptions of psychological warfare where radio broadcasts serve as both a strategic tool and a medium for influencing public sentiment ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other texts, radio is depicted in a more personal or subversive light—whether as a tool for everyday interaction, like tuning into a late-night call-in show ([5]), or as a high-tech gadget used in acts of resistance and surveillance, such as a radio jammer to foil enemy measures ([6], [7]). Meanwhile, authors also employ the term in a metaphorical context, suggesting that nature itself radiates energy akin to continuous radio broadcasts ([8]). Thus, across various narratives, "radio" encapsulates themes of control, connectivity, rebellion, and the relentless march of technology, reflecting its complex role in both the practical realms of warfare and the imaginative spheres of literature.
  1. The OWI was placed under Mr. Elmer Davis, a Rhodes scholar and novelist who had become one of the nation's most popular radio commentators.
    — from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  2. Radio broadcasts and leaflets even in wartime only rarely should promote hatred.
    — from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  3. Short-wave radio is the chief burden-bearer of long-distance psychological warfare.
    — from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  4. But their radio propaganda had to be audible to everyone.
    — from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  5. I lay in bed and listened to a late-night call-in radio show.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  6. She'd bought a radio-jammer from a head-shop near the 16th Street BART station and it had set off the countermeasures in the school hallway.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  7. They all went into a silvered bag she held out, which I recognized as a radio-proof Faraday pouch.
    — from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  8. The discovery shows that every atom and every molecule in nature is a continuous radio broadcasting station. . . .
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

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