Media and the Cold War in the 1980s (eBook)

Between Star Wars and Glasnost

Henrik G. Bastiansen, Martin Klimke, Rolf Werenskjold (Herausgeber)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2019
XIX, 346 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-98382-0 (ISBN)

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The Cold War was a media phenomenon. It was a daily cultural political struggle for the hearts and minds of ordinary people-and for government leaders, a struggle to undermine their enemies' ability to control the domestic public sphere. This collection examines how this struggle played out on screen, radio, and in print from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, a time when breaking news stories such as Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' program and Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost captured the world's attention. Ranging from the United States to the Soviet Union and China, these essays cover photojournalism on both sides of the Iron Curtain, Polish punk, Norwegian film, Soviet magazines, and more, concluding with a contribution from Stuart Franklin, one of the creators of the iconic 'Tank Man' image during the Tiananmen Square protests. By investigating an array of media actors and networks, as well as narrative and visual frames on a local and transnational level, this volume lays the groundwork for writing media into the history of the late Cold War.

Henrik G. Bastiansen is Professor of Media Studies on the Faculty of Media and Journalism, Volda University College, Norway.

Martin Klimke is Vice Provost for Academic Policies and Governance and Associate Professor of History at New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Rolf Werenskjold is Professor of Media Studies on the Faculty of Media and Journalism, Volda University College, Norway.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.11.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Zusatzinfo: XIX, 346 p. 25 illus., 16 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Cold War discourse • Cold War geo-politics • COLD WAR HISTORY • Cold War journalism • Collapse of the Soviet Union • counterculture art • East Germany • GDR television • James Bond • Mass media • Media and politics • Media in the Cold War • Mikhail Gorbachev • Photojournalism • Reagan's Star Wars • Ronald Reagan • socialist television • Strategic Defense Initiative • Tank Man • Tiananmen Square
• ISBN-10: 3-319-98382-2 / 3319983822
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-98382-0 / 9783319983820