RESULTS of Soviet Control of Media Flashcards
What was heavily used in all forms of media?
Restriction and censorship
Restriction and Censorship were not always successful: why?
Soviet public READ BETWEEN THE LINES
What did the Soviet population grow to realise if there was a continued lack of appearance in the press, or news of heart problems, of a Soviet leader?
They had fallen from power
You’re a favoured/ rising star of the party. You’re gonna get…
More news features
RBTL
In what year were the subscribers of what book asked to remove pages of what leader and replace them with inserts on Bering Sea?
This was a first sign of what?
1953
Soviet Encyclopaedia
Beria
Him falling from power
Though the TECHNOLOGY of mass media changed, what REMAINED?
Steady died of propaganda
By the end of the SU, what were relied on increasingly alongside overt propaganda?
Distractions from the realities of socialism
By the 1980s, technology had advanced further: ______________ made SHARING INFO AMONG PUBLIC easier.
Mass produced video recorders
What provided a demanding challenge to the government and their desire to restrict information?
Sophisticated technology- ie computers.