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Airy curtains in the European ether, broadcasting and the Cold War?, Alexander Badenoch, Andreas Fickers and Christian Henrich-Franke (eds.)

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Airy curtains in the European ether

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Alexander Badenoch, Andreas Fickers and Christian Henrich-Franke (eds.)

Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Europäische Regionalforschungen, Band 15

broadcasting and the Cold War?

This book emphasizes the important role of broadcasting during the Cold War as a central actor in the creation of a transnational and European communication space. Its methodological design links the study of the circulation and appropriation of cultural performances with awareness for the crucial role of broadcast technologies as mediators and catalysts of cultural transfers. The book describes and analyzes different transmission and reception technologies and questions their specific contribution to the medial construction of a transnational communication space in constantly changing political and cultural environments. It enlarges an understanding of the role of civil and institutional actors in the creation of transnational communities and European networks. It also addresses media historians, as well as historians of international relations, especially regarding the Cold War and European integration--, Provided by Publisher

List of Acronyms (Organizations) 7 Airy Curtains in the European Ether: Introduction Alexander Badenoch/ Andreas Fickers/ Christian Henrich-Franke 9 I. Regulation and Control of Broadcasting in Cold War Europe Threat or Beacon? Recasting International Broadcasting in Europe after World War II Jennifer Spohrer 29 Undermining a Dictatorship: International Broadcasts to Portugal, 1945-1974 Nelson Ribeiro 51 Cold War techno-diplomacy: Selling French Colour Television to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Andreas Fickers 77 II. The European Communication Space and the Subversive Circulation Culture Eavesdropping on Europe: The tape recorder and East-West relations among European recording amateurs in the Cold War era Karin Bijsterveld 101 Calling Out to Tune in: Radio Free Europe in Czechoslovakia Trever Hagen 123 Geographies of Power: The case of foreign broadcasting in dictatorial Romania Dana Mustata 149 III. Connections and Spill Overs: Europe as a United Communication Space Making Holes in the Iron Curtain? - The Television Programme Exchange across the Iron Curtain in the 1960s and 1970s Christian Henrich-Franke/ Regina Immel 177 Intervision song contests and Finnish television between East and West' Mari Pajala 215 To control the world's information flows - Soviet Cold War broadcasting Simo Mikkonen 241 "Removing Some of the Romantic Aura of Distance and Throwing Merciless Light on the Weaknesses of American Life": Transatlantic Tensions of Telstar, 1961-1963 James Schwoch 271 IV. Disconnections and Fragmentations: Europe as a Jamming Session Between Rock and Roll and a Hard Place: 'Pirate' radio and the Problems of Territory in Cold War Europe Alexander Badenoch 297 Jamming the RIAS. Technical Measures against Western broadcasting in East Germany (GDR) 1945-1989 Christoph Classen 321 Interfering with Auntie. An Uncomfortable Reception - Jamming the BBC Andy O'Dwyer 347 V. Conclusion Broadcasting and the Cold War: Some preliminary results Alexander Badenoch/ Andreas Fickers/ Christian Henrich-Franke 361 List of contributors