Gorbachev's glasnost : the Soviet media in the first phase of perestroika / Joseph Gibbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbs, Joseph, 1965-

Series:

Eastern European studies (College Station, Tex.) ; no. 9.

Eastern European studies ; no. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.

Mass media--Political aspects--Soviet Union.

Mass media.

Glasnost.

Freedom of information--Soviet Union.

Freedom of information.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1985-1991.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 147 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Glasnost, most commonly translated into English as "openness," was a key concept of Mikhail Gorbachev's administration as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. This adapted tool of Leninist media control became not only a part of perestroika, Gorbachev's plan to rejuvenate Soviet ideology during the 1980s, but also an independent concept that redefined how the USSR's media were employed as an instrument of leadership."--Jacket.

"In Gorbachev's Glasnost: The Soviet Media in the First Phase of Perestroika, author Joseph Gibbs traces the development of glasnost as both concept and policy, from the Leninist idea of "criticism and self-criticism" to Gorbachev's attempt to modernize and reinterpret that doctrine to fit his own political goals and aspirations."--Jacket.

Contents:

Assessing "openness"

The first phase: of Kritika and Disiplina

Charging the barricades: the twenty-seventh party congress and Chernobyl

Form the cultural debate to the Yeltsin affair

Devolution of control in an era of transition

Action and reaction

The nineteenth party conference

Definition and dissonance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-37688-3