War and the Media
Reportage and Propaganda, 1900-2003
Published on 28. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-350-17643-0 (ISBN)
Description
Propaganda has been a major tool of war from the earliest times and has never been more vital, and had no greater effect, than in the 20th century - a time of continuous global conflict and two world wars. This title includes contributions from leading academics, media professionals and from the armed services. All aspects are covered: the Press; radio and television, state information services; "virtual war" and psychological operations. The 20th century has seen major shifts in the relationship between war and propaganda, fuelled by the huge technological advances, making propaganda and censorship increasingly potent weapons. The text covers conflict from the Boer War, British and German propaganda in World War I and World War II, the Cold War, the Gulf War and Kosovo. An important aspect - not generally realized except among media professionals - is the control of propaganda by the Ministry of Defence which has access to the largest single television audience in the world through "BBC World". The role of propaganda in the "war against terror" is also analysed in detail.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-17643-0 (9781350176430)
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Persons
Mark Connelly is a Reuters Lecturer in Media and Propaganda History, and David Welch is Professor of Modern History, both at University of Kent in Canterbury.
Content
List of Illustrations - vii
Introduction: 'Winning Hearts and Minds': The Changing Context of Reportage and Propaganda, 1900-2003. David Welch - ix
The British press During the South African War: The Sieges of Mafeking, Kimberley and Ladysmith. Jacqueline Beaumont - 1
Mobilizing the Masses: The Organization of German Propaganda During World War One. David Welch - 10
'The Missing Western Front': British Politics, Strategy, and Propaganda in 1918. Stephen Badsey - 47
Holy War in Europe: Charles Sarolea, Everyman and the First World War, 1914-17. Samantha T. Johnson - 65
Der Magische Guertle (The Enchanted Circle, 1917) - A Case Study in First World War German Film Propaganda. Roger Smither - 82
'The Mediator': Images of Radio in Wartime Feature Film in Britain and Germany. Jo Fox - 92
'Temperamentally Unwarlike': The Image of Italy in the Allies' War Propaganda, 1943-1945. Ilaria Favretto and Oliviero Bergamini - 112
Humphrey Jennings: The Poet as Propagandist. Jeffrey Richards. 127
War Report (BBC 1944-5) and the Birth of the BBC War Correspondent. Sian Nicholas - 139
Cinematic Propaganda During the Cold War: A Comparison of British and American Movies. Tony Shaw - 162
'The Man in Ed Murro's Shoes': Carl T. Rowan as Director of the United States Information Agency, 1964-65. Nicholas J. Cull - 183
American Television Coverage of the Vietnam War: The Loan Execusion Footage, the Tet Offensive (1968) and the Contextualization of Visual. David Culbert - 204
Vietnam's Tet Offensive (1968) on British Television: An Overview. Christine Whittaker - 214
Contesting War: British Media Reporting and the 1982 South Atlantic War. Klaus Dodds - 218
Missing in Authenticity? Media War in the Digital Age. Susan Carruthers - 236
The Fourth Arm and the Fourth Estate: Psychological Operations and the Media. Philip M. Taylor - 251
Learning the Lessons of the 20th Century: The Evolution in British Military Attitude to the Media on Operations and in War. Lt. Col. Angus Taverner - 264
Straddling the Divide - Spinning for Both Sides. Mark Laity - 275
Afterword. Mark Laity - 292
Contributors - 297
Index - 301
Introduction: 'Winning Hearts and Minds': The Changing Context of Reportage and Propaganda, 1900-2003. David Welch - ix
The British press During the South African War: The Sieges of Mafeking, Kimberley and Ladysmith. Jacqueline Beaumont - 1
Mobilizing the Masses: The Organization of German Propaganda During World War One. David Welch - 10
'The Missing Western Front': British Politics, Strategy, and Propaganda in 1918. Stephen Badsey - 47
Holy War in Europe: Charles Sarolea, Everyman and the First World War, 1914-17. Samantha T. Johnson - 65
Der Magische Guertle (The Enchanted Circle, 1917) - A Case Study in First World War German Film Propaganda. Roger Smither - 82
'The Mediator': Images of Radio in Wartime Feature Film in Britain and Germany. Jo Fox - 92
'Temperamentally Unwarlike': The Image of Italy in the Allies' War Propaganda, 1943-1945. Ilaria Favretto and Oliviero Bergamini - 112
Humphrey Jennings: The Poet as Propagandist. Jeffrey Richards. 127
War Report (BBC 1944-5) and the Birth of the BBC War Correspondent. Sian Nicholas - 139
Cinematic Propaganda During the Cold War: A Comparison of British and American Movies. Tony Shaw - 162
'The Man in Ed Murro's Shoes': Carl T. Rowan as Director of the United States Information Agency, 1964-65. Nicholas J. Cull - 183
American Television Coverage of the Vietnam War: The Loan Execusion Footage, the Tet Offensive (1968) and the Contextualization of Visual. David Culbert - 204
Vietnam's Tet Offensive (1968) on British Television: An Overview. Christine Whittaker - 214
Contesting War: British Media Reporting and the 1982 South Atlantic War. Klaus Dodds - 218
Missing in Authenticity? Media War in the Digital Age. Susan Carruthers - 236
The Fourth Arm and the Fourth Estate: Psychological Operations and the Media. Philip M. Taylor - 251
Learning the Lessons of the 20th Century: The Evolution in British Military Attitude to the Media on Operations and in War. Lt. Col. Angus Taverner - 264
Straddling the Divide - Spinning for Both Sides. Mark Laity - 275
Afterword. Mark Laity - 292
Contributors - 297
Index - 301