PROPAGANDA OR OBJECTIVE INFORMATION: RADIO “VOICE OF AMERICA” IN THE INFORMATION WARFARE OF EISENHOWER’S ADMINISTRATION AGAINST EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN 1953 – 1955
Abstract
Thepaper is devoted to the establishment of the United States Information Agency and restructuring of the radio “Voice of America” activities in the light of the development of information-psychological warfare of Eisenhower’s administration against Eastern European countries in 1953 – 1955. The author discusses the factors that influenced the effectiveness of the radio’s performance and the search for new mechanisms to attract Eastern European audience.
About the Author
S. N. Miroshnikov
National Research Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Sergey N. Miroshnikov – Candidate of History, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor at the Department of World Politics, History Faculty
Russian Federation
Sergey N. Miroshnikov – Candidate of History, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor at the Department of World Politics, History Faculty
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Miroshnikov S.N. PROPAGANDA OR OBJECTIVE INFORMATION: RADIO “VOICE OF AMERICA” IN THE INFORMATION WARFARE OF EISENHOWER’S ADMINISTRATION AGAINST EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN 1953 – 1955. SibScript. 2014;(3-2):293-298. (In Russ.)
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