Theme 3: Mass media and propaganda Flashcards
1
Q
What is Soviet media characterised by?
A
- restriction of info
- censorship
- nationalisation
2
Q
Decree 1917
A
- banned all non-socialist newspapers
3
Q
What happened to all non-Bolshevik news in early 1920’s?
A
- all non bolshevik news eliminated.
4
Q
What was the Glavlit?
A
- censorship office.
- needed for every article published
5
Q
What is the Pravda (truth) and to what news did they report?
A
- news for comm party.
6
Q
What is the Izvestiya (news) and what news did they report?
A
- paper of gov
- propaganda
- highlighted achievement of the gov and socialism
7
Q
How was high readership of these newspapers ensured?
A
- cheap to buy
- posted on boards
8
Q
What was the circulation of the Pravda? And the Trud(labour)?
A
- 10.7 mill in 1083
- trud=13.5 mill
9
Q
What were some favoured topics in the news?
A
- prod figures.
- exceeding targets of Econ plan
- successful expeditions to arctic.
- search of gold and oil
10
Q
What were banned topic in news?
A
- plane crashes.
- natural disasters.
- scientific failures eg Chernobyl.
11
Q
Who did magazines target?
A
- young ppl
- sports fans
etc. ..
12
Q
Name a sports magazine.
A
Red sport, later called Sovetskii sport.
13
Q
How did Bolsheviks ensure that radio broadcasts were heard by many?
A
- installed them in public places
14
Q
How many radio stations until 1964?
A
- 1
15
Q
How many radio stations under Brez?
A
- 3
