Great war leaders' successful media strategies for business: how Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Curtin won journalists' support
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Paper/Presentation Title | Great war leaders' successful media strategies for business: how Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Curtin won journalists' support |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Coatney, Caryn |
Editors | Jalbert, Mercedes |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the Global Conference on Business and Finance (IBFR 2012) |
Journal Citation | 7 (1), pp. 555-566 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Hilo, HI. United States |
Conference/Event | Global Conference on Business and Finance (IBFR 2012) |
Event Details | Global Conference on Business and Finance (IBFR 2012) Event Date 03 to end of 06 Jan 2012 Event Location Honolulu, United States |
Abstract | At the height of the Pacific war, the American and Australian leaders communicated successfully with journalists, providing valuable business strategies on how to develop positive media relations in crises. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941, the United States President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Australian Prime Minister, John Curtin, generated favorable news coverage about their leadership. Yet there is a lack of information on their media strategies to win journalists' support in a time of crisis. This paper shows how Roosevelt and Curtin managed to influence and persuade the news media. First, they frequently communicated to journalists in an honest, egalitarian and friendly way, increasing the number of regular news briefings between the press and the national leader. Secondly, they advanced the relatively new medium of radio to broadcast appealing, inclusive and accessible messages. Journalists repeated and amplified their radio talks in the news. Thirdly, they used practiced, forceful rhetoric and hand gestures in filmed newsreel scenes to convey their resolve and create the appearance of a direct, friendly relationship with their target audiences. These media strategies are still useful to business leaders when managing information needs in today's 24-hour news cycle. |
Keywords | World War 11; media control; strategies; John Curtin; journalism; mass news media; political communication |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440701. Communications and media policy |
470107. Media studies | |
350604. Marketing communications | |
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/q29y5/great-war-leaders-successful-media-strategies-for-business-how-franklin-delano-roosevelt-and-john-curtin-won-journalists-support
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