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The consumption of radio broadcast technologies in Hong Kong, c.1930–1960 1
Author(s) -
CLAYTON DAVID
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.014
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1468-0289
pISSN - 0013-0117
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2004.00293.x
Subject(s) - broadcasting (networking) , liberalization , consumption (sociology) , falling (accident) , supply side , telecommunications , radio broadcasting , business , economics , commerce , market economy , computer science , sociology , computer security , psychology , social science , psychiatry
This article uses previously under‐exploited quantitative and qualitative primary sources in Hong Kong, the US, and the UK to chronicle how radio broadcast technologies extended in a Less Developed Country. As incomes were rising and the price of radio receiving sets was falling, demand‐side forces were strong in Hong Kong. Yet, these forces alone cannot explain the pattern of diffusion observed. Innovations accelerated the take‐up of radios. The liberalization and de‐regulation of radio broadcasting provided pre‐requisites for these supply‐side shifts.