1. How does the history of radio help us understand how Internet radio, podcasting, and other audio media are going to develop as commercial forms? As artistic forms? 2. The United States was the...

1. How does the history of radio help us understand how Internet radio, podcasting, and other audio media are going to develop as commercial forms? As artistic forms?

2. The United States was the first country to turn radio into a commercial medium. What does that tell us about how new media will develop in the United States? How might they be different elsewhere?