Watching the Sun Rise

Australian Reporting of Japan, 1931 to the Fall of Singapore

Jacqui Murray (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2004
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0782-9 (ISBN)

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Historians have long claimed that a tradition of fear of Japan dominated Australian thinking about foreign affairs and defense after Japan's defeat of Russia in 1905 and that this fear remained widespread throughout the Australian population until the Pacific War. This study of Australian reporting on Japan challenges that claim by exposing a culture of state censorship, intimidation of the media, and neglect of official public discussion of foreign affairs in the years 1931-1941 which resulted in newspapers, radio, and news reels projecting a collective national consciousness of Japan as a nation of little import—despite very real fears in senior political ranks about Japanese designs on Australia. Jacqui Murray's argument for the Australian media's underestimation of Japan's threat is sustained by close examination of media practices, publications, and broadcasts which clearly show misleading representations of Japan before the Pacific War. Watching the Sun Rise details not only government peace-time media censorship but also war-time propaganda flows from Australian, British, and Japanese sources into the Australian media and examples of cooperation and/or espionage among media personnel.

Jacqui Murray is a seasoned journalist. She holds a Ph.D. in Asian Cultural Studies from the University of Queensland.

Chapter 1 Incident at Mukden
Chapter 2 In News Just to Hand
Chapter 3 The Big Hookup
Chapter 4 Agency Wars, Australian Woes
Chapter 5 Flattery and Facts
Chapter 6 Radio Wars
Chapter 7 Broadcasting for Peace
Chapter 8 Trading Propaganda
Chapter 9 Lies and Spies
Chapter 10 In Service to the Master
Chapter 11 Eastern Adventures

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.11.2004
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 235 mm
Gewicht	572 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-7391-0782-8 / 0739107828
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-0782-9 / 9780739107829
Zustand	Neuware