British propaganda and news media in the cold war /
British propaganda and news media in the cold war /:

This is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War. Bribing editors, blackballing unreliable" journalists, creating instant media experts through provision of carefully edited "inside inform...

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1. Verfasser: Jenks, John
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Schriftenreihe:International communications.
Schlagworte:
1945-1964
Geschichte 1946-1956.
Cold War > Propaganda.
Mass media and propaganda > Great Britain.
Propaganda, Anti-Russian > Great Britain.
Guerre froide > Propagande.
Médias et propagande > Grande-Bretagne.
Propagande antirusse > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Diplomatic relations
Mass media and propaganda
Propaganda, Anti-Russian
Propaganda
Ost-West-Konflikt
Medien
Journalistiek.
Hegemonie.
Koude Oorlog.
Anticommunisme.
Propaganda.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-1964.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1945-1964.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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Zusammenfassung:This is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War. Bribing editors, blackballing unreliable" journalists, creating instant media experts through provision of carefully edited "inside information", and exploiting the global media system to plant propaganda - disguised as news - around the world: these were all methods used by the British to try to convince the international public of Soviet deceit and criminality and thus gain support for anti-Soviet policies at home and abroad. Britain's shaky international position heightened the importance of propaganda. The Soviets and Americans were investing heavily in propaganda to win the "hearts and minds" of the world and substitute for increasingly unthinkable nuclear war. The British exploited and enhanced their media power and propaganda expertise to keep up with the superpowers and preserve their own global influence at a time when British economic, political and military power was sharply declining. This activity directly influenced domestic media relations, as officials used British media to launder foreign-bound propaganda and to create the desired images of British "public opinion" for foreign audiences. By the early 1950s censorship waned but covert propaganda had become addictive. The endless tension of the Cold War normalized what had previously been abnormal state involvement in the media, and led it to use similar tools against Egyptian nationalists, Irish republicans and British leftists. Much more recently, official manipulation of news about Iraq indicates that a behind-the-scenes examination of state propaganda's earlier days is highly relevant. John Jenks draws heavily on recently declassified archival material for this book, especially files of the Foreign Office's anti-Communist Information Research Department (IRD) propaganda agency, and the papers of key media organisations, journalists, politicians and officials. Readers will therefore gain a greater understanding of the depth of the state's power with the media at a time when concerns about propaganda and media manipulation are once again at the fore
Beschreibung:1 online resource (168 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780748626755
0748626751

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