Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Fighting Wars through Radio Broadcasts

Abstract

Rajesh Bhat

The research paper dwells mainly about importance of Radio as a medium of mass communication, particularly
used by different countries to safeguard their strategic and cultural interests in times of peace and war. The paper refers to instances when radio waves were used in fighting war of words by different countries across the globe. It makes a special mention of propaganda and counterpropaganda unleashed by India and Pakistan by using radio against each other since 1947.