Roosevelt's fireside chats

Did Herbert Hoover Broadcast the First Fireside Chat? Rethinking the Origins of Roosevelt's Radio Genius

“…As several scholars point out, for a Democratic governor working with a conservative Legislature and a Republican-dominated press, radio provided a unique means of communicating effectively and directly to the voters (Braden & Brandenburg, 1955;Fine, 1977;Ryan, 1988). What scholars have not investigated adequately, however, is Roosevelt's debt to his predecessor in office, Alfred E. Smith, for both the strategy and style of his gubernatorial broadcasts.…”

The Green New Deal: Historical insights and local prospects in the United Kingdom (UK)

“…Through the Emergency Banking Act, the Federal government introduced a system for reopening the solvent banks and providing treasury loans to shore up their balance sheets. During an extraordinary "fireside chat" radio address three days later (Braden and Brandenburg, 1955), Roosevelt calmly requested citizens return their money to the banks. In large part they complied, and the immediate crisis was over.…”

Franklin Roosevelt and the Fireside Chats

“…Several scholars have analyzed Roosevelt's publicity operations (Steele, 1985;Winfield, 1990). Others have examined his radio addresses as exemplars of rhetoric (Braden & Brandenburg, 1955;Brandenburg, 1949;Brandenburg & Braden, 1952;Fine, 1977;Ryan, 1988;Sharon, 1949;Zelko, 1942). However, none has approached the fireside chats as part of the sea change in modes of publicness remarked upon by Dayan and Katz (1992).…”