History A-Level
Morale, public opinion and the BBC’s reputation
What Morale, public opinion and the BBC’s reputation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Entertainment sustained morale, while listeners valued familiar voices and reliable news yet resented dull or patronising talks and the licence fee.
Topics that use Morale, public opinion and the BBC’s reputation
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 2 Wireless and the war: propaganda, information and entertainment, 1939-45 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Black propaganda
- Broadcasts from the front
- censorship
- Churchill’s relationship with the BBC
- Government influence over broadcasting
- Popular entertainment and national shared experience
- Radio as a source of practical information
- Sefton Delmer
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