02600cam a2200445 i 4500 rnd000000000093555 RAND 990721s1980 caua b 000 0 eng d 80028738 0833002880 RAND/R-2627 (Sirsi) a411541 $23.00 CstmoR CstmoR e-pl--- HN539.5.M3 C874 1980 Curry, Jane Leftwich, 1948- author. The media and intra-elite communication in Poland : summary report / Jane Leftwich Curry, A. Ross Johnson. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1980. xv, 44 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "December 1980." Based on interviews in 1978-1979 with former Polish journalists, experts, editors, censors, and party officials. Includes bibliographical references. Summarizes the major features of the Polish media system, describes the specific roles and editorial processes of major types of media, and analyzes the relationship between divergences of view that appear in the media and intra-elite discussion, debate, and controversy. Conclusions are presented for Western analysts, whose understanding of Polish affairs is based at least partly on a reading of the open Polish media. The report emphasizes the process by which politically significant material appears in the media of a Communist country, in contrast to earlier studies, which are generally based on content analysis. The principal data source is information obtained from extensive interviews with emigres formerly involved in the media process, as writers, journalists, editors, censors, and government and Party officials. Detailed analyses and documentation of the research are presented in companion Notes N-1514/1, N-1514/2, N-1514/3, N-1514/4, N-1514/5. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Communication in politics Poland. Elite (Social sciences) Poland. Government and the press Poland. Mass media Political aspects Poland. Mass media Poland. Press, Communist Poland. Johnson, A. Ross. author. Rand Corporation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2627/ 598866 598866