Propaganda in the World and Local Conflicts

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Authors: Aleksandr A. Cherkasov, Michal Smigel

The article based on the extensive materials discusses the Green Army periodicals during the civil war in Russia. Among the sources there are the archival materials of the central, regional and local Russian archives. The great importance for the researcher are presented the published transcripts of conventions and meetings in the official press Committee for the liberation of the Black Sea province (CLBP), which impartially convey the atmosphere that prevailed in the meeting rooms. In the transcripts is clearly set out the position of various factions on issues, that can more fully represent the diversity of speaker judgments. These materials are also help to create a view on the political priorities of the factions, political portraits of their leaders.

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Authors: Alexander Fedorov

Cinema (thanks TV, video, DVD and internet technologies) is an effective means of influence (including political, ideological) to the audience. Therefore, the study of the transformation of the image of the Western world on the Soviet screen today is still important. Among the objectives of this study — the definition of the place and role of the theme of transformation of the image of the West in the feature Soviet cinema since 1946 (the start of the post-war ideological confrontation) to 1991 (fall of the Soviet Union) year; the study of political, ideological, social, and cultural context, the main stages of development, goals, objectives, concepts of this topic in the Soviet films; classification and comparative analysis of ideology, content models, modifications genres stereotypes of Soviet cinema, associated with the image of the Western world. The research methodology is based on key philosophical positions of the theory of dialogue between cultures (M. Bakhtin – V. Bibler). The study is based on substantial research approach (identifying the content of the process under study, taking into account the totality of its elements, the interaction between them, of their nature, refer to the facts, analysis and synthesis of theoretical opinions, etc.), the historical approach — consideration of the particular historical development of the Western world topic Soviet cinema. An analysis of this kind of media texts is particularly important for media literacy education of future historians, culture and film art historians, sociologists, linguists, psychologists and educators.