Analysis on How Nationalism in Britain Affected the Propaganda in a Film During World War II

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10.2991/assehr.k.200428.134How to use a DOI?

Keywords

film, British Nationalism, World War II

Abstract

Emerging early in the 20th century, films were dominant representations of human spirits. Like its predecessors, all forms of entertainment media have the potential to have an enormous impact on manipulating the public. This paper examines the role of nationalism in British war propaganda films during World War II. This paper will first investigate the prevailing nationalistic ideas in Britain, then reveal how those ideas are reflected in the characteristics of propaganda films. This topic is significant because it not only analyzes the critical role film plays during wartime but also reveals the ideology of a country’s nationalism. Even more, it shows how, under the historical period when the public had limited access to information, a film is used to reflect only one side of the story. This paper analyzed a film called The Silent Village from several aspects, and the standard for assessing the effectiveness of propaganda is unduplicatable. Also, further study will be made in the future.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuxuan Liu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/01
TI  - Analysis on How Nationalism in Britain Affected the Propaganda in a Film During World War II
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 616
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SN  - 2352-5398
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