02485cam a2200409 i 4500 rnd000000000047214 RAND 920212s1982 cau b 000 0 eng d 82021568 0833004611 (pbk.) RAND/R-2869 (Sirsi) a188239 Online only CstmoR CstmoR e-ur--- HN530.Z9 M3 1982 Dzirkals, Lilita. author. The media and intra-elite communication in the USSR / Lilita Dzirkals, Thane Gustafson, A. Ross Johnson. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1982. xiv, 137 pages ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "September 1982." Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137). This 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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Communication in politics Soviet Union. Mass media Political aspects Soviet Union. Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985. Gustafson, Thane. author. Johnson, A. Ross. author. Rand Corporation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2869/ 598867 598867