Editing for Public Consumption: the Use of Documentary Film in the Promotion of New Zealand’s Mental Hospitals

Authors

  • Rebecca McLaughlan Victoria University of Wellington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.0.691

Abstract

Architectural design and text-based press releases were the Public  Relations tools traditionally employed by New Zealand’s Mental Hospitals Department. The arrival of television to New Zealand in 1960 offered a new medium: the documentary film. This paper will evaluate the evolution of the Department’s propaganda campaign following the availability of documentary film.

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Published

20-Jan-2014

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2014: Special Issue 03: ReVision Conference

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How to Cite

“Editing for Public Consumption: The Use of Documentary Film in the Promotion of New Zealand’s Mental Hospitals”. 2014. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, January. https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.0.691.