The Dzirkals, Lilita. creator author. Gustafson, Thane. author. Johnson, A. Ross. author. Rand Corporation text bibliography cau 1982 monographic eng

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xiv, 137 pages ; 28 cm 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. Lilita Dzirkals, Thane Gustafson, A. Ross Johnson. "September 1982." Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137). Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. e-ur--- Communication in politics Soviet Union Mass media Political aspects Soviet Union Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985 HN530.Z9 M3 1982 0833004611 (pbk.) 82021568 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2869/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2869/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047214