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Cold War Television Diplomacy. The German Democratic Republic on Finnish television




AuthorsLaura Saarenmaa, Marie Cronqvist

PublisherNordicom

Publication year2020

JournalNordicom Review

Article number1

Volume41

Issue1

First page 19

Last page31

Number of pages13

ISSN1403-1108

eISSN2001-5119

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2020-0002(external)

Web address https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2020-0002(external)

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/47309123(external)


Abstract

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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