Propaganda in an Open Society: Roosevelt Administration and the Media, 1933-41 (Contributions in American History): The Roosevelt Administration and the Media, 1933-1941: 111 - Hardcover

Steele, Richard W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313248303 ISBN 13: 9780313248306

Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL, 1985

Synopsis

FDR's obsessive preoccupation with the media emerges with stark clarity. The general contours of substantial parts of Steele's account should be familiar to scholars versed in Steele's published work. But here he has drawn the study together in concise, judicious, and readable fashion. Choice

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[ Propaganda in an Open Society: The Roosevelt Administration and the Media, 1933-1941 Contributions to the Study of World Literature By ( Author ) Sep-1985 Hardcover

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"Steele (San Diego State University) traces the relationship between the Roosevelt administration and the media from the heady early days of the New Deal to the interventionist crisis of 1940-41. FDR's honeymoon with the press, Steele suggests, soon turned wary and sometimes openly hostile. By contrast, the administration enjoyed a close relationship with top radio executives and powerful Hollywood figures who generally shaped broadcasts and movies in ways supportive of New Deal policies.... FDR's obsessive preoccupation with the media emerges with stark clarity. The general contours of substantial parts of Steele's account should be familiar to scholars versed in Steele's published work. But here he has drawn the study together in concise, judicious, and readable fashion... Steele's work provides a useful historical perspective. For readers interested in the New Deal, political science, journalism, and mass communication."-Choice

?Steele (San Diego State University) traces the relationship between the Roosevelt administration and the media from the heady early days of the New Deal to the interventionist crisis of 1940-41. FDR's honeymoon with the press, Steele suggests, soon turned wary and sometimes openly hostile. By contrast, the administration enjoyed a close relationship with top radio executives and powerful Hollywood figures who generally shaped broadcasts and movies in ways supportive of New Deal policies.... FDR's obsessive preoccupation with the media emerges with stark clarity. The general contours of substantial parts of Steele's account should be familiar to scholars versed in Steele's published work. But here he has drawn the study together in concise, judicious, and readable fashion... Steele's work provides a useful historical perspective. For readers interested in the New Deal, political science, journalism, and mass communication.?-Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0313248303
• ISBN 13: 9780313248306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242