U.s. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960

Zusammenfassung Based on extensive primary research! this book makes a strong and compelling argument for collaboration between US television networks and government during the early years of the medium! and demonstrates how the Cold War was effectively 'sold' to the American public. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: selling the Cold War consensus; 1. Business, the state, and information from World War II to Cold War; 2. Democracy and the advent of television news; 3. The State Department's domestic information programs; 4. The television industry at war in Korea; 5. The White House and NBC present battle report - Washington; 6. The Defense Department's domestic information programs; 7. Objectivity and consensus journalism; Conclusion; Selling America: corporate prerogatives and democratic processes.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Bernhard, Nancy (Massachusetts School of Law) Bernhard, Nancy E. Bernhard, Bernhard Nancy, Bernhard Nancy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.1999
• EAN: 9780521594158
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59415-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; USA, Propaganda, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, Political control and freedoms, C 1945 To C 1960