Contribution to Book
Vatican Radio
Sage International Encyclopedia of Mass Media & Society
(2020)
Abstract
Vatican Radio is the broadcast service operated by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church. First launched in 1931 to transmit the Pope’s voice and spiritual teaching to the world, Vatican Radio is a media organization with significant technological, theological, and socio-political dimensions. As the world’s oldest trans-national broadcaster, its technical history reflects the entire development of electronic mass communication from early invention through global growth on to post-modern media convergence. Simultaneously, and with no less importance, Vatican Radio has played influential roles in both propagating the Catholic faith and voicing papal contributions to international diplomacy. This entry explains four primary phases of Vatican Radio history: Conception and Launch, World War II diplomacy, modern growth, and contemporary convergence.
Keywords
- Broadcast Radio,
- History and Economics of Radio,
- religious media,
- propaganda,
- wartime programming,
- media convergence,
- Marconi,
- international broadcasting,
- Catholic media,
- Papal transmission,
- Vatican City media,
- religious communication
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities,
- Film and Media Studies,
- Other Film and Media Studies,
- History,
- European History,
- History of Religion,
- Other Arts and Humanities,
- Radio,
- Religion,
- Catholic Studies,
- Christianity,
- Ethics in Religion,
- History of Christianity,
- Missions and World Christianity,
- Other Religion,
- Religious Education,
- Other Rhetoric and Composition,
- Other Business,
- Social and Behavioral Sciences,
- Communication,
- Broadcast and Video Studies,
- Communication Technology and New Media,
- Mass Communication,
- Other Communication,
- Political Science,
- International Relations and
- Other Political Science
Publication Date
Winter January, 2020
Editor
Debra Merskin
Publisher
Sage
ISBN
9781483375519
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483375519.n712
Citation Information
Jon P. Radwan. "Vatican Radio" Thousand OaksSage International Encyclopedia of Mass Media & Society (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jon_radwan/37/