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

ISBN-13: 9780521594158 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 268 str.

Nancy E. Bernhard

Opis

Television news and the Cold War grew simultaneously in the years following World War II, and their history is deeply intertwined. In order to guarantee sufficient resolve in the American public for a long term arms buildup, defense and security officials turned to the television networks. In need of access to official film and newsmakers to build themselves into serious news organizations, and anxious to prove their loyalty in the age of blacklisting, the network news divisions acted as unofficial state propagandists. This book analyzes the shocking extent of their collaboration.

Recenzje

"Her [Bernhard's] analysis of media cowardice in dealing with one of the earliest challenges to deviance in Cold War reporting is superb." - Robert P. Newman

Spis treści

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.