International Communication.

UNITED Kingdom; UNITED States; EUROPE

This article summarizes leading events, situations and research in the various fields of communications that particularly concern problems of public opinion formation and control. The period covered extends from July 1940 to September 1940. With the advent of war over Great Britain a new phase of international communication was introduced, which featured the newest and oldest methods of news transmission. London occupied the center of world news interest throughout the period in focus. Communications between the U.S. and Russia and Asia remained relatively free from technical disturbances but were vitally affected by increasing censorship. American broadcasting companies maintained their services from Europe during the quarter. There was a growing volume of criticism of press control in Great Britain. In many parts of the world, official censorship of communications passed over into more active measures of control. Short-wave broadcasting by foreign stations was affected by the war almost as much as other forms of news transmission.