A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Cold War Television Diplomacy. The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television
Authors: Laura Saarenmaa, Marie Cronqvist
Publisher: Nordicom
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Nordicom Review
Article number: 1
Volume: 41
Issue: 1
First page : 19
Last page: 31
Number of pages: 13
ISSN: 1403-1108
eISSN: 2001-5119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2020-0002(external)
Web address : https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2020-0002(external)
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/47309123(external)
The 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.
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