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  US Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960 (Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication) (Hardback) By (author) Nancy Bernhard, Series edited by Kenneth Short, Series edited by Garth Jowett, Series edited by David Culbert

  

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  Short Description for US Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960How US government and media collaborated in their dissemination of Cold War propaganda.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 28 May 1999
  • Format: Hardback 268 pages
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  • Categories: Television | Semantics | Media Studies | Political Science & Theory | International Relations | Propaganda | History Of The Americas
  • ISBN 13: 9780521594158 ISBN 10: 0521594154

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• 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. They aired programs produced, scripted, and approved by the White House and the Departments of State and Defense as news and public affairs programs. 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.