Revisiting Transnational Broadcasting: The Bbc's Foreign-Language Services During the Second World War

ISBN-13: 9780367029432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 114 str.

Nelson Ribeiro; Stephanie Seul

Opis

From the 1930s onwards, transnational broadcasting – that is, broadcasting across national borders – became a major element in the conduct of Britain’s diplomacy, and the BBC was employed by the government to further its diplomatic, strategic, and economic interests in times of rising international tension and conflict. This book discusses BBC transmissions in various European foreign languages directed to occupied, neutral, and enemy countries during the Second World War, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the BBC’s broadcasting strategies in the lead-up to, and during, the conflict. This book was originally published as a special issue of Media History.

Spis treści

Introduction – Revisiting Transnational Broadcasting: The BBC’s Foreign-Language Services During the Second World War  1. ‘Plain, Unvarnished News’? The BBC German Service and Chamberlain’s Propaganda Campaign Directed at Nazi Germany, 1938-1940  2. BBC Portuguese Service During World War II: Praising Salazar While Defending the Allies  3. Pawns in a Chess Game: The BBC Spanish Service During the Second World War  4. Our Enemy’s Enemy: Selling Britain to Occupied France on the BBC French Service  5. Repatriated Germans and ‘British Spirit’: The Transfer of Public Service Broadcasting to Northern Post-War Germany (1945-1950)  6. The BBC Polish Service During the Second World War  7. Broadcasting by the Czechoslovak Exile Government in London, 1939-1945