235:, and in 1952 they co-authored "International Communication and Political Warfare, An Annotated Bibliography". Smith was also a member of the American Political Science Association. He published in journals such as the International Social Science Bulletin, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journalism Quarterly and Psychological Bulletin. In the 1970s, Smith was author of an article about propaganda in the
22:
227:
at the State
Department in Washington, D.C., but had to leave the post in the McCarthy era because of its supposedly "left-liberal" sentiments. Then from 1950 to 1963 he was appointed associate professor of political science at Michigan State College in East Lansing. In 1951 he became editor of the
170:
in
Washington, DC. After leaving American University he again went to work at the University of Chicago, where he would later become Instructor at the Social Science Division and Research Associate. He took on a number of posts throughout his academic career; among these many posts he was to become
175:, who became a senior propaganda analyst at the Organization and Propaganda Section in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1941 to 1943. Smith also accepted an academic appointment at the University of Chicago from 1939 to 1944. He was also Associate Editor of the journal
161:
and in 1933 earned a Ph.D. in political science and economics. From 1933 to 1936 he was a graduate student and from 1934 to 1936 research assistant at the city's
Department of Political Science. From 1938 to 1941 he worked as an Instructor of Economics at
212:
in France. In 1945 he was involved in the search for Nazi propaganda theorist Franz Six and was apparently involved in his actual interrogation after his capture. From 1946 to 1948 he was Chief of the
133:
specialist. His primary research focus was the various uses and techniques of propaganda and persuasion employed by governments that were considered enemies of the United States. He taught at
209:
263:
with Harold D. Lasswell, Ralph D. Case: Propaganda, Communication, and Public
Opinion; A Comprehensive Reference Guide . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1946
260:
with Harold D. Lasswell, Ralph D. Casey: Propaganda and
Promotional Activities: An Annotated Bibliography . University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 1935
192:
War
Division. He was mainly concerned with countermeasures to curb anti-democratic propaganda. From 1943 to 1944 he was Senior Intelligence Officer of the
327:
266:
with Chitra R. Smith: International
Communications and Political Opinion: A Guide to the Literature . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1956
317:
279:
Thyme
Bussemer : propaganda. Concepts and theories . With a foreword by Peter Glotz, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2005.
322:
189:
39:
284:
105:
269:
Indonesian-American
Cooperation in Higher Education . Institute of Research on Overseas Programs, Michigan State University., 1960
185:
86:
193:
58:
213:
43:
65:
197:
232:
196:
and, in addition to other social scientists, he was a main research analyst at the
Research and Analysis Branch of the
72:
236:
217:
32:
224:
177:
141:
and mass persuasion on a mass audience while also questioning the methods used by the Nazi propaganda theorist
54:
248:
134:
223:
After the Second World War he worked as a lecturer again; in 1949–1950 he was associate professor at the
158:
312:
307:
126:
208:. Subsequently, he was Attaché and US Political Advisor for the Federal Republic of Germany at the
167:
163:
122:
154:
79:
280:
240:
172:
244:
301:
137:
and other institutions. After the Second World War he was involved with research on
21:
205:
138:
130:
142:
121:(11 December 1909 in Webster Groves, Missouri – 1987) was an American
201:
15:
171:
Instructor to the US Government. One of his students was
231:
Smith was married to Chitra R. Smith, a member of the
228:journal International Political Science Abstracts.
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
184:From 1941 to 1944 he worked as an analyst in the
239:. His later research focused on the science of
210:Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
166:. From 1942 to 1943 he was a lecturer at the
8:
186:Organization and Propaganda Analysis Section
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
214:Department Information Control Division
7:
204:) which studied the effects of mass
44:adding citations to reliable sources
190:United States Department of Justice
14:
328:20th-century political scientists
233:Bureau of Social Science Research
20:
194:Foreign Economic Administration
31:needs additional citations for
200:(which would later become the
1:
318:American political scientists
218:Office of Military Government
323:University of Chicago alumni
287:, S. 169 (Curriculum Vitae).
198:Office of Strategic Services
344:
225:Foreign Service Institute
251:and political behavior.
178:Public Opinion Quarterly
249:international relations
237:Encyclopædia Britannica
220:for Germany in Berlin.
153:Smith was a student of
135:Michigan State College
127:communication theorist
159:University of Chicago
55:"Bruce Lannes Smith"
40:improve this article
168:American University
164:New York University
123:political scientist
155:Harold D. Lasswell
119:Bruce Lannes Smith
241:political parties
116:
115:
108:
90:
335:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
343:
342:
338:
337:
336:
334:
333:
332:
298:
297:
294:
276:
257:
173:Morris Janowitz
151:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
341:
339:
331:
330:
325:
320:
315:
310:
300:
299:
293:
290:
289:
288:
275:
272:
271:
270:
267:
264:
261:
256:
253:
245:public opinion
150:
147:
114:
113:
96:September 2015
28:
26:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
340:
329:
326:
324:
321:
319:
316:
314:
311:
309:
306:
305:
303:
296:
291:
286:
285:3-8100-4201-3
282:
278:
277:
273:
268:
265:
262:
259:
258:
254:
252:
250:
246:
242:
238:
234:
229:
226:
221:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
182:
180:
179:
174:
169:
165:
160:
156:
148:
146:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
295:
230:
222:
183:
176:
152:
118:
117:
102:
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
313:1987 deaths
308:1909 births
302:Categories
292:References
274:Literature
206:persuasion
139:propaganda
131:propaganda
66:newspapers
143:Franz Six
255:Writings
216:at the
188:of the
157:at the
80:scholar
283:
129:, and
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
87:JSTOR
73:books
281:ISBN
149:Life
59:news
202:CIA
42:by
304::
247:,
243:,
181:.
145:.
125:,
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.