The Institutional Struggle against the Propaganda Campaigns of Large American Companies during the Great Depression
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The aim of the article is to analyze the nature of the committees that were established in the 1930s in the United States of America in order to investigate the propaganda campaigns of private corporations. In particular, the research will focus on the investigations into propaganda activities of gas and electricity companies, arms industries and film studios. The hypothesis is that, although many politicians were moved by a genuine willingness to ensure justice, in the long term the investigations would end up being dominated by ideological radicalization and emotional drift, which ultimately frustrated the possibility that, from the work of the committees, regulatory measures of the financial sector could arise.
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Propaganda, United States of America, Private Companies, Legislative Committee Investigations
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