- Title:
- The South African Information Service and English-Canadian Journalism, 1949-1960
- Creator:
- Hagborg Wildey, Susan R.
- Date Created:
- 2021
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Canadian History African History
- Geographical Focus:
- South Africa
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- The Nationalist Government of South Africa, from its first days in office in 1948, was obsessed with its poor image on the world stage. Blaming the foreign press, the Nationalists established a program of propaganda aimed at addressing the issue. Canada was one of nine countries targeted by South Africa's Information Service from 1949. This thesis illustrates the efforts of the Service, operating under the South African Department of Foreign Affairs, to change the narrative of Canadian newspapers about South Africa, and the reaction of the Canadian journalists to those efforts. It examines how the Service, from its inception until the events following Sharpeville in 1960, confronted journalists at Canada's progressive English language newspapers, and moved against Norman Phillips, a Canadian foreign correspondent reporting from South Africa.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Hagborg Wildey, Susan R.. 2021. "The South African Information Service and English-Canadian Journalism, 1949-1960", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_4.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.