Essay On The Red Scare
The Red Scare
In the early 20th century the United States was taken over by a movement of anti-communism ideals and propaganda, all of which was prompted by a silent but deadly war (no pun intended) that was taking shape between the largest superpowers the world has ever seen to that point. The capitalist United States, and the Communist Soviet Russia. This conflict now known as the Cold War, had rippling impacts into the The social movement that took place in the United States is now known as the “Red Scare”, during this period of time there was a change in the relationship between the people and the government, as well as that between the media and the government. The Red scare had a significant impact in the overall life of people day to …show more content…
day The social impact of the Red scare was far reaching into many aspects of the United States social structure, it pitted many people against their neighbors as they feared they could be communists infiltrating their very neighborhood.
There was propaganda put out by the government itself to further this fear and mistrust, of course it was untrue. The author of (“Anti-Communism in the 1950s”, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, ) with their quote “By its very nature, propaganda distorts the truth or tells outright lies. , would agree with the fact that the images were for the purpose of spreading lies. The images were only one of the many mediums that helped to shape the growing Anti-communists movement during the Red Scare era. The relationships between the people and the government as the United States government began to try citizens in court for the suspicion of being communists based on nothing more than just the hearsay of their neighbors. These trials, labeled “The Mccarthy Trials” after the spearheader of the trails, were publicized and televised as well thanks to the newly formed media outlet. The Red scare was a time period in which many rights were violated in what officials thought to be seeking of justice, and led to a disillusionment in the government on part of the
people.
The Red scare altered the relationship between the media and the government, with the newly formed televised media network Maccarthy took advantage of this new outlet to showcase their trials and further the hysteria in the Red Scare era citizens. The media began to expand onward from the trials to seek the truth, and see beyond the propaganda of the time period, this dissuaded the government support for the new medium as they strayed further and further away from supporting the trials. The television medium that began with support of the government now began to reject it in favor of truth, as the author of (2) so stated “This is what happened: The spell of indomitability that TV helped create for him had been broken for all to see, while it happened, on coast-to-coast TV. From that moment on, McCarthy lost his standing with the public.”, this again furthering the point that the media moved away from the support of mcCarthy. The media relationship between them and the United States government was altered by the Red Scare and the events that unfolded in the time period.
Finally, The Red scare had a impact in the everyday life of the American citizen as people succumbed to fear and wanted to prove themselves loyal citizens. The everyday interactions were changed as the public became more and more vigilant and emboldened by the propaganda forced out to the public. Citizens turned on one another and brought evidence to the courts of anything they could to prove the possibility of them being communist, even if proven not guilty in court the person would be turned away from work. This process of losing a job due to the communists accusations all too common in this time period, is known as “Blacklisting”, there was no community safe from the blacklisting even the Hollywood community wasn’t. The author of the web article (3) the quote “These prominent screenwriters and directors, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios.”, everyone from rich to poor was vulnerable to the fear that came with the Red Scare.
In all the Red scare was a time period in the United States in which the social structure and social relationships with the country changed as the Cold War came to a head. The whole of the people came together after being coaxed by propaganda and fear and laid down a lot of the ground work for the violation of constitutional rights as public opinion grew larger and larger in support of the prosecuting of these convicted people who were at a time their neighbors. Only when the people saw the truth thanks to the public media and saw the exposed lies for just that, did citizens fully understand .
In the early 20th century the United States was taken over by a movement of anti-communism ideals and propaganda, all of which was prompted by a silent but deadly war (no pun intended) that was taking shape between the largest superpowers the world has ever seen to that point. The capitalist United States, and the Communist Soviet Russia. This conflict now known as the Cold War, had rippling impacts into the The social movement that took place in the United States is now known as the “Red Scare”, during this period of time there was a change in the relationship between the people and the government, as well as that between the media and the government. The Red scare had a significant impact in the overall life of people day to …show more content…
day The social impact of the Red scare was far reaching into many aspects of the United States social structure, it pitted many people against their neighbors as they feared they could be communists infiltrating their very neighborhood.
There was propaganda put out by the government itself to further this fear and mistrust, of course it was untrue. The author of (“Anti-Communism in the 1950s”, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, ) with their quote “By its very nature, propaganda distorts the truth or tells outright lies. , would agree with the fact that the images were for the purpose of spreading lies. The images were only one of the many mediums that helped to shape the growing Anti-communists movement during the Red Scare era. The relationships between the people and the government as the United States government began to try citizens in court for the suspicion of being communists based on nothing more than just the hearsay of their neighbors. These trials, labeled “The Mccarthy Trials” after the spearheader of the trails, were publicized and televised as well thanks to the newly formed media outlet. The Red scare was a time period in which many rights were violated in what officials thought to be seeking of justice, and led to a disillusionment in the government on part of the
people.
The Red scare altered the relationship between the media and the government, with the newly formed televised media network Maccarthy took advantage of this new outlet to showcase their trials and further the hysteria in the Red Scare era citizens. The media began to expand onward from the trials to seek the truth, and see beyond the propaganda of the time period, this dissuaded the government support for the new medium as they strayed further and further away from supporting the trials. The television medium that began with support of the government now began to reject it in favor of truth, as the author of (2) so stated “This is what happened: The spell of indomitability that TV helped create for him had been broken for all to see, while it happened, on coast-to-coast TV. From that moment on, McCarthy lost his standing with the public.”, this again furthering the point that the media moved away from the support of mcCarthy. The media relationship between them and the United States government was altered by the Red Scare and the events that unfolded in the time period.
Finally, The Red scare had a impact in the everyday life of the American citizen as people succumbed to fear and wanted to prove themselves loyal citizens. The everyday interactions were changed as the public became more and more vigilant and emboldened by the propaganda forced out to the public. Citizens turned on one another and brought evidence to the courts of anything they could to prove the possibility of them being communist, even if proven not guilty in court the person would be turned away from work. This process of losing a job due to the communists accusations all too common in this time period, is known as “Blacklisting”, there was no community safe from the blacklisting even the Hollywood community wasn’t. The author of the web article (3) the quote “These prominent screenwriters and directors, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios.”, everyone from rich to poor was vulnerable to the fear that came with the Red Scare.
In all the Red scare was a time period in the United States in which the social structure and social relationships with the country changed as the Cold War came to a head. The whole of the people came together after being coaxed by propaganda and fear and laid down a lot of the ground work for the violation of constitutional rights as public opinion grew larger and larger in support of the prosecuting of these convicted people who were at a time their neighbors. Only when the people saw the truth thanks to the public media and saw the exposed lies for just that, did citizens fully understand .