1 STATE CONTROL OF MASS MEDIA AND PROIPAGANDA Flashcards
(7 cards)
When was the decree on the press and what did it allow the government to do
November 1917
Gave the government the emergency powers to close any newspapers which supported a counter-revolution
When was the state monopoly of advertising and what did it allow the government to do
November 1917
Ensured that only the government could publish adverts
When was the nationalisation of the Petrograd telegraph and what did it allow the government to do
November 1917
Control of electronic means of communication
When was the establishment of the revolutionary tribunal of the press and what did it allow the government to do
January 1918
Power to censor the press, journalists and editors
Editors who committed crimes could be punished by the Cheka
What was the ROSTA and what was its purpose
ALL-Russia telegraph agency
Was responsible for distributing News
By 1918 what types of papers were outlawed
Papers that supported the Tsar and the provisional government
Opposition socialist papers
How many newspapers and printing presses had been closed down by 1921
2000 newspapers
575 printing presses
