Media and the Holocaust: A Comparative Thematic Analysis

Media historically shapes perspectives and creates normative ways of thinking. This paper will focus specifically on answering the question: How were themes surrounding the Holocaust presented within German vs. US media from 1938-1948 and how did they differ? This question will be answered through a comparative thematic analysis, comparing the themes presented in media artifacts from two different geographical locations. Media will be represented textually, graphically, and in film during this study, such as propaganda posters and both fictional and nonfictional movies. The scope of the “events of the Holocaust” implies a focus on things from how power was maintained by the Nazi party to scapegoat the Jewish population, to literal social opinion polls directly asking about respondents' thoughts on the event.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Oregon

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Norton, Eliana

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Foxman, Maxwell

• Holocaust
• Mass media
• Propaganda
• Memory
• Themes

Statement dc:rights

• CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1794/29985

OAI record oai:identifier

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