Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine by discourse analysis the social construction of the United States Information Agency (USIA), a first independent propaganda organization in peace time. The findings show that the USIA was organized as a result of social effects of the knowledge on American propaganda and propaganda organization accumulated by the U.S. political and governmental leaders since World War II rather than by a single reason of rationality, cost-efficiency, or legal institutions. Through this study, it can be understood how a propaganda organization in the U.S. government is dynamically constituted through the texts embedded in certain historical and social contexts.
