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Radio as a Tool of Empire. Intercontinental Broadcasting from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s and 1930s
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2016
Abstract
In the interwar years, the colonial powers of the day instantly saw long-range radio technology as an instrument to strengthen their empires as it enabled broadcasters in the European metropoles to reach audiences in the peripheries via the ether. This article focuses on the Dutch colonial station PHOHI, a company that pioneered global radio broadcasting. The station was founded by a group of influential entrepreneurs in order to strengthen ties between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies by reaching out to colonial expatriates. This case study shows how geopolitical and ideological considerations shaped both the organisation and the content of Dutch intercontinental broadcasting.
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- © 2016 Research Institute for History, Leiden University
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Vincent Kuitenbrouwer is Assistant Professor History of International Relations at the University of Amsterdam. His work focusses on Dutch colonial media and he has published on this topic in various peer review journals, including Media History and BMGN-Low Countries Historical Review.
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