Media and Propaganda Flashcards
How was media controlled between 1917-85?
Propaganda, secret police and espionage, censorship and restriction of information
What was the 1917 Decree?
Ban of all non-socialist newspapers (1920, all eliminated)
What was the Pravda
Communist Party Newspaper
What was the Izvestiya?
Government Newspaper
What did newspaper highlight?
Socialist achievements, economic output, plans space race
How did the government make sure that everyone read the newspapers?
Widely available, cheap and free to read in shops
What was the Pravda circulation in 1983?
10.7 million
What was the Trud? and what was its circulation?
Newspaper for labour, 13.5 million
What were not included in newspapers?
Natural disasters and plane crashes ( 1957 Kyshtym)
What was the Glavit?
Censorship office
Who were magazines aimed at?
The youth, workers and sport fans
What was a famous sport magazine?
Sovetskii sport
How did radios spread messages?
Large speakers installed in city centres, 65% of population were illiterate
How many radios stations were there under Brezhnev?
3
What was the rise in cinema viewers from 1950 to 1958?
10,000 to 3 million
