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Een omroepstelsel in beweging : van de Sovjetunie naar het GOS (1985-1992)

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Abstract

The evolution of a broadcasting system. From the Soviet Union to the CIS - In this article we describe the features of the broadcasting system in the Soviet Union, and the way they changed during the years 1985-1991 and onwards. In the Soviet Union radio and television were fully controlled and financed by the government. Broadcasting was seen as an important instrument to influence the people’s minds and to guide them into a communist future. Under the reforms by Gorbachev many institutions came under attack and this was also the case with the broadcasting system. The Media act of June 1990 banned censorship and did away with the monopoly position of the state-run broadcasting company. Independent radio and television stations now also had the right to broadcast their programmes. Advertising became a tolerated source of income for the media. When the Soviet Union broke down, the Russian Federation took over the broadcasting company of the former Union as well as those of the Russian state. As the Russian Federation still lacks a clear political and economic vision, it also lacks a coherent broadcasting policy. We notice a tendency towards commercialisation as well as towards a company that is more strictly controlled by government. The study of the broadcasting system in Russia reveals the existence of a strong link between general politics and a broadcasting policy.

How to Cite:

De Smaele, H., (1994) “Een omroepstelsel in beweging : van de Sovjetunie naar het GOS (1985-1992)”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen 39(4), 412–433. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.95185