A Rain of Propaganda: The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945

Emil Stjernholm

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6

A Rain of Propaganda: The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945

Emil Stjernholm

Media and Communication Studies

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This chapter examines the media production of the US Office of War Information (OWI) in Stockholm, 1942–1945. While previous research has focused on the organization of OWI and the American view on war propaganda in Scandinavia, little emphasis has been placed on the actual production and circulation of American propaganda in Sweden during World War II. Drawing on previously neglected archival material from the Civilian Security Service’s (Allmänna Säkerhetstjänsten) counter-espionage on American propaganda activities in Sweden, this chapter maps the material conditions for US propaganda and the circulation of OWI-supported media (e.g. books, magazines, films, radio and news stories) in Sweden as well as the Nordic countries in general.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion
Editors	Fredrik Norén, Emil Stjernholm, C. Claire Thomson
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	119-140
Number of pages	22
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-05171-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-05170-8, 978-3-031-05173-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_6
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Media and Communications

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office of war information
propaganda
media history
world war II
surveillance

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Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion: An Introduction
Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C., 2022, Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion. Norén, F., Stjernholm, E. & Thomson, C. C. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 3-27 25 p.
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Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion
Norén, F. (ed.), Stjernholm, E. (ed.) & Thomson, C. C. (ed.), 2022, 1 ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 331 p.
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A Rain of Propaganda: The Media Production of the Office of War Information in Stockholm, 1942–1945

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Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion: An Introduction

Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion

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