02485cam a2200409 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020002200081027001600103035002000119037001600139040001900155043001200174050002200186100003100208245011000239264003700349300002800386336002600414337002600440337002800466338003600494338002700530500002200557504005400579520104600633530005801679588004701737650004501784650004901829651005401878700003101932700003101963710002201994856005902016rnd000000000047214RAND920212s1982    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a   82021568  a0833004611 (pbk.)  aRAND/R-2869  a(Sirsi) a188239  cOnline only  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ae-ur--- 4aHN530.Z9bM3 19821 aDzirkals, Lilita.eauthor.14aThe media and intra-elite communication in the USSR /cLilita Dzirkals, Thane Gustafson, A. Ross Johnson. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1982.  axiv, 137 pages ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"September 1982."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-137).  aThis report tests basic assumptions used by Western analysts in interpreting the Soviet media by bringing to bear new information, derived from emigre interviews, about the structure and inner workings of Soviet media and the political mechanisms by which the media are controlled. Section II reviews the mechanism of Party and state control over Soviet media, in which formal censorship in fact plays a secondary role. Section III looks at the crucial role of the chief editor and the editorial processes he presides over. Section IV analyzes types of discussions, debates, and controversies in Soviet media and considers their relationship to institutional, personal, and policy conflict. Appendix A contains a fuller description of the study approach. Appendix B provides a selective review of media-related assumptions in a variety of Western Sovietological writings. Appendix C examines a presumptive "doctored photograph" incident. Appendix D provides a profile of one of the seemingly unorthodox Soviet journals, Literaturnaia Gazeta.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aCommunication in politicszSoviet Union. 0aMass mediaxPolitical aspectszSoviet Union. 0aSoviet UnionxPolitics and governmenty1953-1985.1 aGustafson, Thane.eauthor.1 aJohnson, A. Ross.eauthor.2 aRand Corporation.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2869/