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Television and Totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia :

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1501324756

(Number (ISBN

9781501324758

Erroneous ISBN

1501324764

Erroneous ISBN

1501324780

Erroneous ISBN

9781501324765

Erroneous ISBN

9781501324789

Title Proper

Television and Totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from the first Democratic Republic to the fall of communism /

First Statement of Responsibility

Martin Štoll.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Bloomsbury Academic,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2019

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxi, 279 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The silent majorities, Sovietization, and 'life within a lie' -- Prelude: television as a concept between democracy and Nazism. Radio context : among the first in Europe -- Pioneers of television -- Television as a political matter -- In the hands of the military -- The main act : television should serve the Communist ideology -- Context of Soviet approaches in the televisual space of the Eastern Bloc -- New totalitarianism on the horizon -- The birth of television in Stalinist Czechoslovakia -- On its own feet -- The birth of a TV nation -- Occupation in 1968 : we keep broadcasting! -- Television as the last instrument of power -- Television as a participant of the Velvet Revolution -- Coda : towards public service. The birth of a public broadcaster.

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Text of Note

The story of Czechoslovak television is in many respects typical of the cultural and political development in Central Europe, behind the Iron Curtain. Martin Stoll, with unprecedented access to the Military Historical Archive in Prague, provides contextual insights into the issues of introducing television in the whole Socialist Bloc (save China, Mongolia and Cuba), from the introduction of television broadcasting in Czechoslovakia in 1921 through to the 1968 occupation and the Velvet revolution in 1989 - encapsulating an important point in media history within two totalitarian states. Television and Totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia examines the variability of political interests as reflected on television in interwar Czechoslovakia, including Nazi research on television technology in the Czech borderlands (Sudetenland), the quarrel over the outcomes of this research as war booty with the Red Army, the beginning of the Czechoslovak technological journey, and, finally, the institutionalized foundation of Czechoslovak television, including the first years of its broadcasting as a manifestation of Communist propaganda. Revised and expanded from the Czech to include broader contexts for an English-speaking audience, Stoll expertly elucidates the historical, cultural, social, political, and technological frameworks to provide the first comprehensive study of the subject.

Title

Totalitarianism and television in Czechoslovakia.

International Standard Book Number

9781501324765

Broadcasting policy-- Czechoslovakia-- History-- 20th century.

Television broadcasting-- Czechoslovakia-- History-- 20th century.

Broadcasting policy.

Fernsehsender

Politics and government.

Rundfunk

Rundfunkpolitik

Television broadcasting.

Czechoslovakia, Politics and government.

Czechoslovakia.

Tschechoslowakei

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Edition

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Book number

Štoll, Martin,1973-

Date of Transaction

20200823040728.0

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[Book]

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