control of mass media / propaganda

Question 1

early measures to control the media

Answer 1

1917 Decree on press
all non-socialist newspapers banned
by 1920, all non-bolshevik papers banned

Question 2

examples of state controlled media

Answer 2

Trud (labour)
Pravada (Truth)
Izvestiya (news)

Question 3

prohibited topics on the news

Answer 3

western capitalist elements, drugs, sex, alcohol

Question 4

importance of radio

Answer 4

65% were illiterate
got message across

Question 5

importance of censorship

Answer 5

silenced opposition
gave the illusion of a succeeding regime
kept the population unaware of incidents such as purges

Question 6

dr zhivago

Answer 6

boris pasternak
Khrushchev banned him from receiving the noble prize for literature in 1958
national embarrassment

Question 7

‘we’

Answer 7

the first book banned in the soviet union
a satirical book about the state becoming increasingly authoritarian

Question 8

propaganda against capitalism

Answer 8

demonising of western elements in media

Question 9

role of bolshevik press

Answer 9

cheap and widely available
highlighted the achievements of the regime, only singing their praises