• Goebbels was the minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany; he controlled the mass media alongside Hitler (Williamson, 66).
• Goebbels maintained that one of the key functions of propaganda was to bring certain subjects within the field of vision of the masses. What this meant was that the population had to be oriented towards particular information (Welch, 20).
• Goebbels created several campaigns against Jews within Germany (Weber).
• Goebbels saw radio as a form of media as an instrument to create uniformity but also to guide public opinion towards the Nazi concept of national community. He