1. Cold War Television Diplomacy: The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television.
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Saarenmaa, Laura and Cronqvist, Marie
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COLD War, 1945-1991 , *DIPLOMACY , *TELEVISION , *BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 , *EUROPEAN history , *METADATA , *CULTURAL landscapes - Abstract
This 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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