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Scott A. Morton

The Sirens of Wartime Radio and How the American Print Media Presented Them

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The Stories, the Intrigue, and the Evolving Coverage of Their Legacies

Scott A. Morton

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Lexington Books
05 October 2020

Radio; Media studies; Gender studies: women

The Sirens of Wartime Radio and How the American Print Media Presented Them: The Stories, the Intrigue, and the Evolving Coverage of Their Legacies analyzes press coverage from the American print media that helped construct popular images of Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, Seoul City Sue, and Hanoi Hannah. Coverage of these “radio sirens” essentially constructed and defined these women’s legacies for an American audience. Scott A. Morton examines newspaper and magazine coverage from the periods of each broadcaster, and in doing so, analyzes four primary research inquires. Morton discusses how American newspapers and magazines portrayed each woman to American readers, how the American mass media’s portrayal of them evolved overtime from the mid-1940s through the present, the ways in which the American mass media responded to these five female propagandists—either directly or indirectly—through print, radio, and visual media, and how the legacy of each woman has been kept alive in popular culture in the decades since their last broadcasts. Morton argues that for the most part, coverage of the sirens was borne out of fascination and aversion, fascination stemming from the novelty of women acting as high-profile agents of enemy propaganda organizations and aversion stemming from the potential power they had over U.S. servicemen and the fact that they were viewed as traitors to the U.S. Scholars of media studies, history, and international relations will find this book particularly useful.

By: Scott A. Morton
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781793601452
ISBN 10: 1793601453
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 05 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Abbreviations and Symbols Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Power of Radio and Femme Fatale Chapter 3 The Siren of Radio Tokyo Chapter 4 The Siren of Radio Rome Chapter 5 The Siren of Radio Berlin Chapter 6 The Siren of Radio Pyongyang Chapter 7 The Siren of Radio Hanoi Chapter 8 Conclusion References About the Author

Scott A. Morton is assistant professor of communication at Catawba College.