Marie Cronqvist
Docent
Cold war television diplomacy : The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television
Författare
Summary, in English
While earlier research on the relations between Finland and the GDR has concentrated on political parties and organisations, top politicians, and the field of state diplomacy (Hentilä, 2004, 2006; Rusi, 2007, 2012), the perspectives of the public and the media have remained unexplored. Thus, this article opens a new perspective on Finland’s Cold War history by examining the role of the state-run, license fee-funded public service television company, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), in maintaining and deepening diplomatic relations with East Germany, from the recognition of East Germany in 1972 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.1
Avdelning/ar
- Mediehistoria
Publiceringsår
2020
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
19-31
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nordicom Review
Volym
41
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
The Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research
Ämne
- History
- Media Studies
Status
Published
Projekt
- Transborder television. Scandinavia and the GDR in the 1970s
- Entangled television histories. Media networks and programme exchange between the GDR and Sweden
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2001-5119