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Cold War Television Diplomacy: The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television

Cold War Television Diplomacy: The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television AbstractThis article opens a new perspective on Finland’s Cold War history by highlighting the role of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) in providing information about the German Democratic Republic as a particular polity, economy, and key player in the European Cold War landscape. The analysis is based on search results from the YLE digital database (Metro) from 1970–1989, and it is supported by documents from the German Broadcasting Archive [Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv] and the YLE company archive. The archive documents and metadata testify about a long-term interest in East Germany in Finnish television, as well as long-term contacts and collaboration between East German and Finnish television companies, in the executive as well as at grass roots levels. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordicom Review de Gruyter

Cold War Television Diplomacy: The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television

Saarenmaa, Laura; Cronqvist, Marie
Nordicom Review , Volume 41 (1): 13 – Jan 1, 2020
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de Gruyter
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© 2020 Laura Saarenmaa et al., published by Sciendo
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2001-5119
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2001-5119
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10.2478/nor-2020-0002
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Abstract

AbstractThis article opens a new perspective on Finland’s Cold War history by highlighting the role of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) in providing information about the German Democratic Republic as a particular polity, economy, and key player in the European Cold War landscape. The analysis is based on search results from the YLE digital database (Metro) from 1970–1989, and it is supported by documents from the German Broadcasting Archive [Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv] and the YLE company archive. The archive documents and metadata testify about a long-term interest in East Germany in Finnish television, as well as long-term contacts and collaboration between East German and Finnish television companies, in the executive as well as at grass roots levels.

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Nordicom Review – de Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 2020

Keywords: Cold War; the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE); the German Democratic Republic (GDR); public diplomacy; television diplomacy

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