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ERIC Number: EJ581301
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0739-3180
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Radio and the Black Soldier during World War II.
Meckiffe, Donald; Murray, Matthew
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v15 n4 p337-56 Dec 1998
Contributes to scholarship on the representation of race in the electronic media. Traces particular social, political, and institutional pressure influencing the production of the figure of the black soldier in U.S. radio during World War II. Shows how it served to varying degrees the immediate interests of the black press, the federal government, the military, and U.S. broadcasters. (SR)
Descriptors: Black Stereotypes, Communication Research, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Media Research, Military Personnel, Racial Bias, Radio, United States History, World War II
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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