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'''Voice of America''' ('''VOA''') is an official US-funded propaganda outlet.<ref>{{Citation|author=Ralph A. Uttaro|year=1982|title=The Voices of America in International Radio Propaganda|chapter=Law and Contemporary Problems|section=|page=103–122|quote=|pdf=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3648&context=lcp|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=10.2307/1191297|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> VOA is one of the organisations under the direct control of the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]] ('''USAGM''') and is funded by the United States Congress.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=U.S. Agency for Global Media|title=History|date=|url=https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119072246/https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-date=2023-01-19|retrieved=2023-01-19}}</ref> VOA predates its parent agency, having been created in Feburary 1942. VOA broadcasts in 48 languages and operates 8 overseas bureaus in countries including; [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Republic of the Union of Myanmar|Myanmar]], [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[Russian Federation|Russia]], [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]], [[Republic of Korea|South Korea]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Thailand]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Citation|author=|year=|title=VOA Languages|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=https://docs.voanews.eu/en-US-INSIDE/2019/06/25/7719dfbe-792c-4f43-9759-f24100444dca.pdf|city=|publisher=Voice of America|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Voice of America|title=VOA Around the World|date=2017-11-13|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-around-the-world/4113370.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/cDdby|archive-date=2023-01-19|retrieved=2023-01-19}}</ref>
'''Voice of America''' ('''VOA''') is an official US-funded propaganda outlet.<ref>{{Citation|author=Ralph A. Uttaro|year=1982|title=The Voices of America in International Radio Propaganda|chapter=Law and Contemporary Problems|section=|page=103–122|quote=|pdf=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3648&context=lcp|city=|publisher=|isbn=|doi=10.2307/1191297|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> VOA is one of the organisations under the direct control of the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]] ('''USAGM''') and is funded by the United States Congress.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=U.S. Agency for Global Media|title=History|date=|url=https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119072246/https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/history/|archive-date=2023-01-19|retrieved=2023-01-19}}</ref> VOA predates its parent agency, having been created in Feburary 1942. VOA broadcasts in 48 languages and operates 8 overseas bureaus in countries including; [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Republic of the Union of Myanmar|Myanmar]], [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Pakistan]], [[Russian Federation|Russia]], [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]], [[Republic of Korea|South Korea]], [[Kingdom of Thailand|Thailand]] and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Citation|author=|year=|title=VOA Languages|chapter=|section=|page=|quote=|pdf=https://docs.voanews.eu/en-US-INSIDE/2019/06/25/7719dfbe-792c-4f43-9759-f24100444dca.pdf|city=|publisher=Voice of America|isbn=|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Voice of America|title=VOA Around the World|date=2017-11-13|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-around-the-world/4113370.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/cDdby|archive-date=2023-01-19|retrieved=2023-01-19}}</ref>
Voice of America (VOA) provides news and information in more than 40 languages, reaching a global audience. From VOA’s USAGM profile:
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    Voice of America provides trusted and objective news and information in 48 languages to a measured weekly audience of more than 326 million people around the world. For more than 80 years, VOA journalists have told American stories and supplied content that many people cannot get locally: objective news and information about the US, their specific region and the world. VOA uses the devices and platforms target markets use to connect audiences on five continents with the people, thoughts and institutions that make America unique.
    VOA uses digital, web and mobile media to engage viewers, listeners, users, and friends. Radio and television broadcast to approximately 3,500 affiliates and satellite transmissions reach countries where free speech is banned or where civil society is under threat.
}}


==Reach==
==Reach==

Revision as of 01:33, 16 September 2025

Voice of America (VOA) is an official US-funded propaganda outlet.[1] VOA is one of the organisations under the direct control of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and is funded by the United States Congress.[2] VOA predates its parent agency, having been created in Feburary 1942. VOA broadcasts in 48 languages and operates 8 overseas bureaus in countries including; China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and the United Kingdom.[3][4]

Voice of America (VOA) provides news and information in more than 40 languages, reaching a global audience. From VOA’s USAGM profile:


Voice of America provides trusted and objective news and information in 48 languages to a measured weekly audience of more than 326 million people around the world. For more than 80 years, VOA journalists have told American stories and supplied content that many people cannot get locally: objective news and information about the US, their specific region and the world. VOA uses the devices and platforms target markets use to connect audiences on five continents with the people, thoughts and institutions that make America unique.

VOA uses digital, web and mobile media to engage viewers, listeners, users, and friends. Radio and television broadcast to approximately 3,500 affiliates and satellite transmissions reach countries where free speech is banned or where civil society is under threat.

Reach

VOA boasts an estimated listenership of 311.8 million globally across 3500 worldwide media outlets.[5] VOA specifically singles out Russia, China and Iran as countries of note in regard to its "impact".[5]

Funding

VOA's budget for Fiscal Year 2021 was 257 million USD.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ralph A. Uttaro (1982). The Voices of America in International Radio Propaganda: 'Law and Contemporary Problems' (pp. 103–122). [PDF] doi: 10.2307/1191297 [HUB]
  2. ↑ "History". U.S. Agency for Global Media. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  3. ↑ VOA Languages. [PDF] Voice of America.
  4. ↑ "VOA Around the World" (2017-11-13). Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "VOA Fact Sheet" (2021-12-01). Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.