New Evidence for the Surprisingly Significant Propaganda Role of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense in the Screen Entertainment Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2370536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Secker (Independent Scholar, UK), Matthew Alford (0000-0002-1614-7862, University of Bath, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-359 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920517739093 |
| OpenAlex | W2769849140 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article reassesses the relationships of the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense with the American entertainment industry. Both governmental institutions present their relationships as modest in scale, benign in nature, passive, and concerned with historical and technical accuracy rather than politics. The limited extant commentary reflects this reassuring assessment. However, we build on a patchy reassessment begun at the turn of the 21st century, using a significant new set of documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act. We identify three key facets of the state-entertainment relationship that are under-emphasized or absent from the existing commentary and historical record: 1. The withholding of available data from the public; 2. The scale of the work; and 3. The level of politicization. As such, the article emphasizes a need to pay closer attention to the deliberate propaganda role played by state agencies in promoting the US national security state through entertainment media in western societies
Entertainment · Entertainment industry · Extant taxon · Media studies · National security · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · United States National Security Agency · Global Security and Public Health · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Media Studies and Communication
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |