Media and Communication in the Soviet Union (1917–1953)

<p>1. Soviet Communication and Soviet Society (1917–1953): Alignments and Tensions.- Part I Channels.- 2. Visual Channels (1): Posters and Fine Art.- 3. Visual Channels (2): Cityscapes.- 4. Visual Channels (3): Cartography.- 5. Auditory Channels: Crowing Roosters and Wailing Sirens.- 6. Tactile Channels: Brotherly Kisses, Handshakes, and Flogging in a Bathhouse.- Part II Media.- 7. Public Body (1): Popular Assemblies.- 8. Public Body (2): Mass Festivals.- 9. Public Body (3): State Celebrations and Street Festivities.- 10. Private Body: Kitchen Gossip and Bedroom Whispers.- 11. Public Print (1): Books and Periodicals.- 12. Public Print (2): Coins and Bank Notes.- 13. Private Handwriting (1): Diaries.- 14. Private Handwriting (2): Personal Letters.- 15. Private Handwriting (3): Denunciations.- 16. Private/Public Handwriting: Self-reports.- 17. Electrical Signaling (1): Telegraph.- 18. Electrical Signaling (2): Telephone.- 19. Electrical Signaling (3): Film.- 20. Electrical Signaling (4):Radio.- Part III Boundaries and Flows.- 21. Boundaries (1): "Nomenclatura" Versus the Rest.- 22. Boundaries (2): "Comrades" vs. Deviants.- 23. Top-down Verbal Messaging: Textbooks.- 24. Bottom-up Non-verbal Messaging: Applause.- 25. Top-down Extraction of Bottom-up Messages: Surveillance.&nbsp;</p><div><br></div>