1st Edition
Under the Radar Tracking Western Radio Listeners in the Soviet Union
Edited By R. Eugene Parta
Copyright 2022
426 Pages
by
Central European University Press
426 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Western democracy is currently under attack by a resurgent Russia, weaponizing new technologies and social media. How to respond? During the Cold War, the West fought off similar Soviet propaganda assaults with shortwave radio broadcasts. Founded in 1949, the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast uncensored information to the Soviet republics in their own languages. About one-third... Read more
Introduction. Why a History of Audience Research at Radio Liberty? Prelude, My Road to Radio Liberty (amabile)First Movement (1965-1970), Early Years of Audience Research (andante)Second Movement (1970-1980), First Steps in Audience Interviewing (accelerato)Third Movement (1981-1985). Audience Research Breaks New Ground (sforzando)Fourth Movement (1986-1990). Perestroika Changes the Game (fuocoso)Fifth Movement (1991-1994). The End of the USSR and the Post-Soviet Transition (vittorioso, capriccioso, lamentoso)Postlude. Past Successes, Future Challenges (coda)Afterword. Ukraine 2022: The Information War (agitato), Appendix 1: Charts Referenced in Narrative, Appendix 2. Some of Those Who Crossed My Path: Max Ralis, Ross Johnson, James Crichlow, Morrill Bill Cody, Ralph Walter, James Buckley, Eugene Pell, William W. Marsh, Viktor Nekrasov, Andrei Sinyavsky, Victor Grayevsky, Irina Alberti, Helmut Aigner, Christopher Geleklidis, Steen Sauerberg, Copenhagen interviewer, Appendix 3. The MIT Connection and Computer Simulation, Appendix 4. Some Examples of SAAOR Reporting and Surve Questions Asked,Appendix 5. Profiles of the SAAOR Team, Bibliography, Index.
Biography
R. Eugene Parta is former director of Soviet Area Audience and Opinion Research at RFE/RL and of Media and Opinion Research at the RFE/RL Research Institute.
