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010 _a 82021568
020 _a0833004611 (pbk.)
027 _aRAND/R-2869
035 _a(Sirsi) a188239
037 _cOnline only
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_cCstmoR
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050 4 _aHN530.Z9
_bM3 1982
100 1 _aDzirkals, Lilita.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe media and intra-elite communication in the USSR /
_cLilita Dzirkals, Thane Gustafson, A. Ross Johnson.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1982.
300 _axiv, 137 pages ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"September 1982."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-137).
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCommunication in politics
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aMass media
_xPolitical aspects
_zSoviet Union.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xPolitics and government
_y1953-1985.
700 1 _aGustafson, Thane.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aJohnson, A. Ross.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2869/
999 _c598867
_d598867