A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Jahvetti’s Letterbox and Finnish War Propaganda on the Radio
Authors: Vihonen, Lasse; Salosaari, Pekka
Publisher: Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Publication year: 2019
Journal: TMG Tijdschrift Voor Mediageschiedenis
Journal name in source: {TMG} Journal for Media History
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
ISSN: 1387-649X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18146/tmg.596
Web address : https://tmgonline.nl/articles/10.18146/tmg.596
During World War II, radio was recognised globally as an essential propaganda machine used by all sides. At the time in Finland, one particular radio programme, Jahvetin kirjelaatikko (Jahvetti’s Letterbox), aimed to discuss and resolve citizens’ everyday worries and to simultaneously utilise a network of secret proxies who could gather information about and help to manipulate public opinion. Javetti’s Letterbox came to be the most popular broadcast in Finland during the so-called Continuation War of 1941-1944 against the Soviet Union and provides evidence of radio’s power in information warfare where citizens’ trust in Finland’s battle was at stake.