Radio Majak – Radiohören und Radiomachen in der Sowjetunion, 1964–1991

By (author) Kristina Wittkamp

Book cover: Radio Majak – Radiohören und Radiomachen in der Sowjetunion, 1964–1991

Extent: 495 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Slavic Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(November 2023)

ISBN: 9783847115601

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $87.00

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Der sowjetische Rundfunk musste sich ab den 1950er-Jahren neuen Herausforderungen stellen, denn die medienaffinen Rezipient:innen beeinflussten durch Frequenzwechsel zunehmend das Programmangebot.


In 1964 Soviet leadership and in charge media authorities created a new radiostation – ‘Majak’ should compete with Western stations like BBC, VOA and RFE. This circumstance provides the basis for analyzing the concrete function, concept and success of ‘Majak’ via three different groups of agents – members of the Soviet Party leadership, broadcasters and audience. This book contributes to analyzing Soviet cultural and media history and provides Information about scopes of agency, public spheres and practices of media appropriation. ‘Majak’ acts as a dispositif, embedded in an arrangement of actors, participating institutions, technical structures, discourses, programme concepts, modes of reception and perception.

  • By (author) Kristina Wittkamp