Ministry of Popular Culture

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The Ministry of Popular Culture was the central propaganda and censorship agency of Fascist Italy, responsible for controlling the press, radio, cinema, and other cultural media to promote the regime’s ideology.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf censorship office
government ministry
propaganda agency
abbreviationFor Ministry of Popular Culture
applied state censorship
banned anti-fascist publications
certain foreign cultural influences
content critical of the regime
subversive political content
continent Europe
controlled cinema in Fascist Italy
cultural propaganda abroad
foreign press accreditation in Italy
news agencies in Fascist Italy
press in Fascist Italy
publishing in Fascist Italy
radio broadcasting in Fascist Italy
theatre in Fascist Italy
country Kingdom of Italy
dissolvedFollowing fall of the Fascist regime
function central censorship agency of Fascist Italy
central propaganda agency of Fascist Italy
headquartersLocation Rome
ideology Italian Fascism
jurisdiction Italian government
nativeLabel Ministero della Cultura Popolare
operatedInPoliticalContext Fascist Italy
promoted Fascist ideology
cult of personality of Benito Mussolini
imperialist propaganda
militarist propaganda
nationalist propaganda
regulated book publishing
film distribution
film exhibition
film production
magazine content
newspaper content
radio programming
replaced Press Office of the Head of Government
Undersecretariat for Press and Propaganda
sector culture
information
mass media
shortName MinCulPop
subordinateTo Benito Mussolini
Italian Fascist regime
timePeriod World War II
interwar period

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ministry of Popular Culture
abbreviationFor
Ministry of Popular Culture ("Ministero della Cultura Popolare")
nativeLabel
Fascist Italy
propagandaOrgan

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