Abstract
Cold War journalism: An analysis of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s relationship to the United States Information Agency seen through journalistic television coverage during Kennedy’s presidency, 1960–63.
This media history article examines the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s relationship to the United States Information Agency (USIA) during Kennedy’s presidency. Previously unused American source material from the USIA and news
manuscripts from the archives of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation were used as the study data. During the Cold War,the ‘battle for hearts and minds’ constituted the ideological dimension of the conflict. To win this battle, the USIA tried to influence mass media outlets around the world. Specifically, the USIA played an important role in journalistic coverage of the launch of the Telstar satellite and the Cuban Missile Crisis through the TV news programme TV-Aktuelt. Furthermore, the USIA succeeded in maintaining relationships with Danish journalists, thereby ensuring American control over television news
coverage. Thus, Danish journalists maintained an American perspective during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cold War journalism increasingly turned to American sources, thereby accepting the American consensus and relaying it on Danish television
This media history article examines the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s relationship to the United States Information Agency (USIA) during Kennedy’s presidency. Previously unused American source material from the USIA and news
manuscripts from the archives of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation were used as the study data. During the Cold War,the ‘battle for hearts and minds’ constituted the ideological dimension of the conflict. To win this battle, the USIA tried to influence mass media outlets around the world. Specifically, the USIA played an important role in journalistic coverage of the launch of the Telstar satellite and the Cuban Missile Crisis through the TV news programme TV-Aktuelt. Furthermore, the USIA succeeded in maintaining relationships with Danish journalists, thereby ensuring American control over television news
coverage. Thus, Danish journalists maintained an American perspective during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cold War journalism increasingly turned to American sources, thereby accepting the American consensus and relaying it on Danish television
| Originalsprog | Dansk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Mediehistorisk Tidsskrift |
| Vol/bind | 37/38 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 110-131 |
| Antal sider | 22 |
| ISSN | 2464-4277 |
| Status | Udgivet - 9 sep. 2022 |