Read all about it: John Curtin's key to generating positive news coverage, 1941-1945
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Paper/Presentation Title | Read all about it: John Curtin's key to generating positive news coverage, 1941-1945 |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Coatney, Caryn |
Editors | Lunn, Julie, Baker, Janice and Gerbaz, Alex |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 10th Humanities Graduate Research Conference 2009 |
Number of Pages | 33 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Perth, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://hgsoconference.curtin.edu.au/local/pdf/Coatney.pdf |
Conference/Event | 10th Humanities Graduate Research Conference 2009: Creative Margins |
Event Details | 10th Humanities Graduate Research Conference 2009: Creative Margins Event Date 05 to end of 06 Nov 2009 Event Location Perth, Australia |
Abstract | As a forceful orator, skilful writer and former hard-hitting journalist, Australia's wartime Prime Minister, John Curtin, led significant innovations that transformed the nation's media and created a legacy in political communications. Yet a major gap exists in the literature about Curtin's use of the mass news media to secure popular support for his World War II initiatives. The proposed conference paper aims to take his journalism strategies away from the academic margins. I will investigate the following question: How did Curtin achieve such success in his management of the news media? The paper will focus on this Prime Minister's groundbreaking initiatives in the press, film and radio broadcasts. My research will be located in the field of scholarship developed by John Curtin historians such as Bobbie Oliver and David Black, political scientist Chris Hubbard, as well as based on the theories of journalism experts Steve Mickler and David Pyvis. Within this context, the paper will argue that Curtin was a brilliant media strategist due to his persuasive skills in influencing reporters to support his foreign policies, providing valuable lessons for managing information needs during global conflicts. |
Keywords | World War 11; Australia; media control; strategies; john Curtin; journalism; mass news media; political communication |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470105. Journalism studies |
430302. Australian history | |
520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Byline Affiliations | Curtin University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q29xy/read-all-about-it-john-curtin-s-key-to-generating-positive-news-coverage-1941-1945
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