TY - JOUR
T1 - Western Journalism in the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War
T2 - Themes, Approaches, Theses
AU - Boel, Bent
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Recent Cold War historiography has increasingly put the spotlight on the many different ways in which the Iron Curtain was perforated before the Berlin wall fell. One factor which arguably played a key role in that respect was the East-West communication that took place thanks to radio, TV, and other media. Mass communication during the Cold War, however, is still an under-researched theme. This article will introduce the reader to themes, approaches and theses in the extant literature about Western journalism in the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War, and it will also identify areas which call for further investigation.
AB - Recent Cold War historiography has increasingly put the spotlight on the many different ways in which the Iron Curtain was perforated before the Berlin wall fell. One factor which arguably played a key role in that respect was the East-West communication that took place thanks to radio, TV, and other media. Mass communication during the Cold War, however, is still an under-researched theme. This article will introduce the reader to themes, approaches and theses in the extant literature about Western journalism in the Soviet Bloc during the Cold War, and it will also identify areas which call for further investigation.
KW - Cold War journalism
KW - Foreign correspondents
KW - Soviet bloc dissidents
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcwh20/19/4
U2 - 10.1080/14682745.2019.1670421
DO - 10.1080/14682745.2019.1670421
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1468-2745
VL - 19
SP - 593
EP - 614
JO - Cold War History
JF - Cold War History
IS - 4
ER -