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dc.contributor.authorParta, R. Eugene
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-03T06:15:29Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03T06:15:29Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.submitted2023-02-07T10:53:24Z
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61187
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97901
dc.description.abstractWestern democracy is currently under attack by a resurgent Russia, weaponizing new technologies and social media. How to respond? During the Cold War, the West fought off similar Soviet propaganda assaults with shortwave radio broadcasts. Founded in 1949, the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast uncensored information to the Soviet republics in their own languages. About one-third of Soviet urban adults listened to Western radio. The broadcasts played a key role in ending the Cold War and eroding the communist empire. R. Eugene Parta was for many years the director of Soviet Area Audience Research at RFE/RL, charged among others with gathering listener feedback. In this book he relates a remarkable Cold War operation to assess the impact of Western radio broadcasts on Soviet listeners by using a novel survey research approach. Given the impossibility of interviewing Soviet citizens in their own country, it pioneered audacious interview methods in order to fly under the radar and talk to Soviets traveling abroad, ultimately creating a database of 51,000 interviews which offered unparalleled insights into the media habits and mindset of the Soviet public. By recounting how the “impossible” mission was carried out, Under the Radar also shows how the lessons of the past can help counter the threat from a once and current adversary.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.otherCommunism; data gathering; USSR; public opinion
dc.subject.otherthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTW Cold wars and proxy conflicts
dc.subject.otherthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies
dc.titleUnder the Radar
dc.title.alternativeTracking Western Radio Listeners in the Soviet Union
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.7829/9789633864562
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy49dd7c40-8e8d-4f66-b9e6-2895b535a0e0
oapen.relation.isFundedByCEU Press - Opening the future
oapen.relation.isFundedBy32b67c16-7387-40c4-b2d0-66bb8374accc
oapen.relation.isbn9789633864555
oapen.collectionKnowledge Unlatched (KU)
oapen.pages429
dc.relationisFundedBy32b67c16-7387-40c4-b2d0-66bb8374accc
dc.relationisFundedByKnowledge Unlatched


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