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ALREADY we have heard much concerning the powerful influence which broadcasting must have upon what we now accept as civilisation. Its effect in helping to break down national and geographical barriers, and its consequent destruction of the suspicions, hatreds, meannesses, and intolerances which ignorance breeds among peoples living within narrow circles, cannot yet be fully estimated. That effect is a result of a broad and informal educational influence. It is an effect which is inevitable just because broadcasting cannot be other than an educational influence. If that be the case at present, it is clear that, when the possibilities of broadcasting as a formal and deliberately organised means of education are considered, there can be no doubt that an instrument of incalculable value will be shaped for the service of mankind.
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Educational Broadcasting. Nature 123, 517–518 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123517a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123517a0