Watching the Sun Rise: Australian Reporting of Japan, 1931 to the Fall of Singapore
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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. 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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0739107828
ISBN13:9780739107829
Release Date:December 2004
Publisher:Lexington Books
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
Asia Australia Australia & Oceania Communication & Journalism History International Relations Japan Journalism Journalism & Nonfiction Language Arts Middle East Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) New Zealand Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Singapore World World War II WritingCustomer Reviews
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