BENEVOLENCE AND PROPAGANDA: DEPICTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR THROUGH CINEMA IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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dc.contributor.advisorKramer, Hanae
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Dwayne Cachero
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-02T23:42:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-02T23:42:55Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.degreeM.A.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/108418
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectFilm studies
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectCinema
dc.subjectHistorical Research
dc.subjectPhilippine-American War
dc.subjectPropaganda
dc.subjectQualitative Content Analysis
dc.subjectWar Films
dc.titleBENEVOLENCE AND PROPAGANDA: DEPICTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR THROUGH CINEMA IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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dcterms.abstractThe history of the Philippine-American War of 1899 to 1902 tells of the conflict between American military forces and Filipino nationalists over the sovereignty of the Philippines archipelago. Propaganda by American expansionists justified American occupation and attrition through ideologies of American exceptionalism, nationalism, manifest destiny, and racial superiority. During this time, various companies within the American film industry were fighting to establish their place in American culture, media, and entertainment. The advent of the moving image camera and projector allowed film producers to capture and present the vibrancy of life to American audiences in new and inventive ways. When the novelty of projected film images waned towards the end of the 20th century, the allure of war images brought American audiences back to film exhibition halls. This rising popularity of war films arguably revived the film industry and prompted film companies to produce war films for the American public. Current media histories related to the Philippine-American War suggest that powers within the American government and military directly influenced the production of war films, and that such pro-American attitudes translated directly onto the screen. This study examines such assertions through historical research and qualitative content analysis. This study examined war films produced from 1899 - 1900 by two of America’s prominent film companies at the turn of the 20th century, the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (i.e., Biograph Company). Research results suggest American political and military powers provided little direction over film production. Though late 19th and 20th century American films conveyed strong symbolisms of American expansionist ideologies, the manner of their production indicates a structure of social propaganda rather than political propaganda.
dcterms.extent147 pages
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i at Manoa
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