What about quality? On how “Kronika Filmowa” and Trybuna Ludu battled for a good quality radio for everyone Cover Image

Co z jakością? O tym, jak Kronika Filmowa wraz z „Trybuną Ludu” walczyły o dobre i tanie radio dla każdego
What about quality? On how “Kronika Filmowa” and Trybuna Ludu battled for a good quality radio for everyone

Author(s): Joanna Walewska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: quality; stereo; radio-engineering industry; UNITRA

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the development of the concept of “quality” in the relation to the strategies of Radio-engineering Plants “Diora” in Dzierżoniów and “Kasprzak” plants in Warsaw, which were two main producers of music equipment in the Peoples’ Republic of Poland. While taking into account the materials of Polish Newsreels and documents from both the Polish Radio and industrial plants’ archives, this analysis aims to show that the concept of “quality” was a subject of various modification and was influenced by such factors as official government’s policy and a propaganda, as well as the economical factors and social practices of users.

  • Issue Year: 31/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 64-84
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish