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The article focuses on the changes brought about by the use of radio on paper-related mediums, especially books. It starts with a discussion of the burning of books in Germany during Adolf Hitler's regime. This is told through the analysis of several accounts of the book burning, including the memoirs of a Jewish intellectual, Raymond Aron. The radio play "Death of Paper", which was broadcast in Paris is also being discussed. It was about the disappearance of paper and how people must learn how to live without it. The different sociological changes brought by the innovation of radio, including its appeal to the illiterate are also given emphasis. It concludes by mentioning the threat of television to the radio.