gdr ; dev state 61-85 ; national identity ; mass media

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which places were promoted?
USSR + GDR
1 of 77
and footage of west would often include comments on?
historical inevitability of downfall of capitalism
2 of 77
NEWSPAPERS
GD
3 of 77
what was the main newspaper?
neues deutschland
4 of 77
whose paper was this?
SED
5 of 77
but other papers were published by?
national bloc political parties
6 of 77
and what kinds of papers also permitted?
regional
7 of 77
all newspapers given gov instruction on?
what to write
8 of 77
how often did honekcer meet with the editor of neues deutschland?
daily
9 of 77
to approve?
front page
10 of 77
how many news agencies disseminated info on international events to all papers?
one
11 of 77
newspapers funded by whose money?
gov
12 of 77
so no competition fom?
circulation / advertisin
13 of 77
illegal to do what anywere in gdr?
read / display western paper
14 of 77
only western papers allowed in country / put on sale were those publishe dby?
western communist parties
15 of 77
why strict controls on printing machines / photocopiers?
stop distribution of publications subversive to SED
16 of 77
were these methods successful?
yes
17 of 77
all newspapers same messafges with adulation of?
SED leaders
18 of 77
what about FRG promoted?
widespread social problems e.g homeless / unemploy / drugs
19 of 77
and anniversaries of things like what?
ussr liberation from nazism
20 of 77
party ctrlled what % GDR publications?
70%
21 of 77
most of rest magazines and papers produced by?
mass organisation
22 of 77
only publications not SED crtlled were those from?
church organisation
23 of 77
who were expected to write strictly on
religious matters / non-controversial
24 of 77
RADIO
GDFG
25 of 77
what was the first GDR radio called?
Radio DDR 1
26 of 77
and when created?
aug '53
27 of 77
and Radio DDR 2 followed when?
'58
28 of 77
which station catered for the capital?
Berliner Rundfunk
29 of 77
in '64 youth station by which name added?
DT 64
30 of 77
by '85 how many licensed radios?
6.6m
31 of 77
what were broadcast across much of GDR?
western radio stations
32 of 77
and why was this a problem?
often more popular than GDR
33 of 77
what did gov attemtp to do?
jam foreign signlas
34 of 77
but this ws outlawd by?
international agreement
35 of 77
and risked west foing what in retaliation?
jamming east ferman radio stations
36 of 77
TELEVISION
DGDFG
37 of 77
state made sure citizens had access to info that did what?
glorified socialism
38 of 77
who controlled tv?
DDR-FS
39 of 77
why was there concerna bout broadcasts?
most of GDR could pick up western tv from west berlin
40 of 77
how mny channels did DDR-FS have by '69?
2
41 of 77
what also began in this year?
colour programming
42 of 77
care taken to ensure news programmes weren't broadcast when?
same time as FRG ones
43 of 77
why?
ppl preferred FRG ones
44 of 77
what was scheduled @ same time as west news?
popular entertainment
45 of 77
what wa output of GDR stations often like?
v political + not subtle
46 of 77
who was the regime's leading propagandist?
Karl Eduard Von Schnitzler
47 of 77
what was his weekly programme?
the black channel
48 of 77
which bombarded viewers with
extremely hostile views of west
49 of 77
what did he refer to FRG as?
'land of twolves
50 of 77
and called adenauer?
''hitler's heir'
51 of 77
why did many egermans watch it whne they claimed not to?
aghast @ content + delivery
52 of 77
by mid-'70s what had honekcer realised/
maybe they should b more subtle
53 of 77
when had von shcnitler been dismissed as political director of GDR television?
'58
54 of 77
but still mamaged to resurface where?
television discussion host
55 of 77
despite being?
most hated man in the GDR
56 of 77
would be unfair to view GDR tv as wha/
nothing but propaganda
57 of 77
egerman version of which tv show did kids flip a **** over?
the sand man
58 of 77
just because egermans skeptical of claims in own tv news boradcasts didn't mean what?
believed news transmitted by wgermans
59 of 77
IMPACT
DFHF
60 of 77
what was honecers policy of actively differentiating GDR / FRG called?
abgrenzung
61 of 77
saw what as key element of this to which media was instrumental?
languaeg
62 of 77
where did east germans do their shopping?
kaufhalle
63 of 77
and where did FRG shop?
supermarkt
64 of 77
what word wasnt used in east to describe administrators apt from party members?
secretary
65 of 77
GDR prefered to give office workers what title?
'skilled worker for writing technology'
66 of 77
why capital never referred to as East Berlin?
made clear tht city divided
67 of 77
why was westberlin run alltogether?
to give impression it was a completely separate city
68 of 77
tendency to do what to labguage?
sovietise
69 of 77
with terms like what commonly used for workers?
kollectiv / brigade
70 of 77
trend enhanced by use of russian as what in schools?
foreign language
71 of 77
why would most people by neues deutschland?
give outward appearance of conformity
72 of 77
what did this significantky undermie?
SED propaganda about current affairs
73 of 77
as well as making egermans fully aware of what in FRG?
higher living standards / personal freedom
74 of 77
what was officially illegal but impossible to control/
viewing and listening to wgerman programmes
75 of 77
when did SED finally admit to fighting losing battle?
'74
76 of 77
and recognised what?
western stations discouraged but tolerated
77 of 77

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