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Reinventing the Soviet Self Media and Social Change in the Former Soviet Union

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By Jennifer Turpin

ISBN: 0-275-95043-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95043-9

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168 pages, figures, tables

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/1995

List Price: $103.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Turpin writes engaging and interesting prose, free of jargon, gives a valuable accounting of the nominally independent Novosti Press Agency, and reveals much that is significant about the two publications that are foci of her case study.
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Although particularly attractive to those engaged in media studies, the accessible style of Reinventing the Soviet Self is appropriate to those interested in the Soviet Union: from Sovietologists to the general public.
—Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol 39, 3-4, 1997

Description: This work is a study of the role of mass media in political change, specifically the recent changes in the Soviet Union. The output of publications by the USSR to various constituents is analyzed for content and direction. The use of the media to define the new Russia is shown. Those involved in Russian studies, media studies, international studies, and similar fields should be interested in this work.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: Media Theory and Analysis
Soviet Political Communication
Soviet Media for a Global Audience
Heaven on Earth: Soviet Life under Brezhnev
Perestroika and Diplomacy: Soviet Life under Gorbachev
News as Polemic: Moscow News under Brezhnev
Media Glasnost: Moscow News under Gorbachev
Reinventing the Soviet Self
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 94-22651

LCC Class: HN530

Dewey Class: 306


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