Office of war information and Hollywood movie propaganda
Автор: Zhang Xiujian
Статья в выпуске: 2, 2021 года.
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After America went into World War Two, it established the Office of War (OWI) Information to help with the government propaganda. Hollywood movie, as the pop culture centerpiece, was the focus of OWI’s work. Owing to various reasons, a forced and cooperating relationship between the state and Hollywood formed, which would influence the movies produced during World War Two. This paper focuses on explaining the reasons concerned and indicates that this relationship is also helpful to understand the relations hip between government and Hollywood during the early cold war.
The state, Hollywood, propaganda, World War Two
Короткий адрес: https://sciup.org/148315616
IDR: 148315616 | DOI: 10.18101/2304-4446-2021-2-96-103
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