Mobilized for Propaganda: Danish Journalists in British Exile, 1940–1945
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Mobilized for Propaganda : Danish Journalists in British Exile, 1940–1945. / Seidenfaden, Emil Eiby.
Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion. ed. / Fredrik Norén; Emil Stjernholm; Claire Thompson. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 141–158.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Mobilized for Propaganda
T2 - Danish Journalists in British Exile, 1940–1945
AU - Seidenfaden, Emil Eiby
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This chapter sketches the activities of Danish journalists in British exile, 1940–1945 with a particular emphasis on their engagement with “propaganda”. Drawing on Danish private archives, and British official records, it analyses how these journalists were constantly obliged to negotiate contradictory legitimacies. Their professional identity as journalists became challenged by their obligation to serve British war propaganda and, conversely, to assist in the Danish exile community’s efforts to salvage Denmark’s international standing following the Danish “policy of negotiation” with Germany. It argues that due to a combination of the creativity of the journalists and the development of the war, they were able, during its last phase (1944–1945), to take on new roles as facilitators of a news and intelligence flow between London, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
AB - This chapter sketches the activities of Danish journalists in British exile, 1940–1945 with a particular emphasis on their engagement with “propaganda”. Drawing on Danish private archives, and British official records, it analyses how these journalists were constantly obliged to negotiate contradictory legitimacies. Their professional identity as journalists became challenged by their obligation to serve British war propaganda and, conversely, to assist in the Danish exile community’s efforts to salvage Denmark’s international standing following the Danish “policy of negotiation” with Germany. It argues that due to a combination of the creativity of the journalists and the development of the war, they were able, during its last phase (1944–1945), to take on new roles as facilitators of a news and intelligence flow between London, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-05171-5_7
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783031051708
SP - 141
EP - 158
BT - Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion
A2 - Norén, Fredrik
A2 - Stjernholm, Emil
A2 - Thompson, Claire
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
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