Conflict Resolution and the Cold War: Media Encounters across the Iron Curtain
Editat de Tobias Hochscherf, Gintaras Aleknonisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 ian 2026
Scholars of media history, more often than not, have looked at the role of media in times of conflict, war, crises, social and political upheaval. Yet, media such as film, radio and television have also played a decisive role in processes of conflict resolution. As such, media in one way or another affected nation building processes, the fight for civil rights, equality, the reconciliation of former enemies, the democratisation of totalitarian states and peacekeeping missions around the world. This was also true during the Cold War which could be considered the longest-simmering conflict of the 20th century with far-reaching consequences that could be felt to this day.
Arguing that cultural politics were a vital part of the Cold War experience, Conflict Resolution and the Cold War: Media Encounters across the Iron Curtain brings together international scholars with expertise in different media to take a closer look at this often-overlooked role media played in conflict resolution and initiatives for reconciliation. Owing to the very few, if any, opportunities to meet people from the other side of the political divide in person, media often provided an important sphere where the East and the West could learn from one another. Examples include BBC broadcasts, films such as The Charterhouse of Parma (1948), television networks, television programs such as Doctor Who, and Danish journalists returning from exile in London and Stockholm, among others.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798765127100
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 1 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Pagini: 328
Ilustrații: 1 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
List of Pictures and Tables
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Between Antagonism and Accord: Media and the Cold War - An Introduction
Gintaras Aleknonis (Muthesius Academy of Arts, Germany and Vilnius University, Lithuania) and Tobias Hochscherf (Kiel University of Applied Sciences and the University, Germany)
PART I: EARLY ENCOUNTERS
1. Doors to the Free World: Former Danish Journalists-in-Exile in the Proto-Cold War
Emil Eiby Seidenfaden (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
2. The Next Most Important British Personage in Moscow? The BBC and Soviet Union during the Early Decades of the Cold War
James Rodgers (City,University of London, UK)
3. Local Media, Paradiplomacy and Conflict Resolution: The Journal of the Society of Friends of Coventry and (West) German-British Relations, 1947-49
Christoph Laucht (Swansea University, UK)
4. Film Adaptation in the Cold War: The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Tadas Bugnevicius (Yale University, USA)
PART II: COLD WAR NARRATIVES AND STABILISING TRANSFORMATIONS
5. Revisions. NS-Regime, Second World War and Holocaust in West-German Documentaries of the Cold War Era
Thomas Weber (University of Hamburg, Germany)
6. When the Cold War Went on Holiday: A Look Behind the Iron Curtain in Richard Thorpe's The Golden Head (1964)
Balázs Varga (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
7. 'A film about something else'. Dissemination of Czech Student Films at the Turn of the 1970s and 1980s
Tereza Czesany Dvoráková (Charles University, Czech Republic)
8. Transnational Television Flow in East Europe in Times of Conflict
Yulia Yurtaeva-Martens (Film University Babelsberg, Germany) & Lothar Mikos (Film University Babelsberg, Germany)
9. Time and Conflict Resolution in Space: Politics and Geopolitics in Classic Doctor Who
(1963-89)
James Chapman (University of Leicester, UK)
PART III: LATE DÉTANTE POLICY, CRITICAL REFLECTIONS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES
10. Spacebridges to Peace: Satellite Television Links, Citizen Diplomacy and US-Soviet Conflict Resolution in the 1980s.
Nicholas J. Cull (University of Southern California, USA)
11. Semi-legal and Legal Local TV Programmes in the GDR and Unified Germany (1989- 1995): Motives of Early Post-Cold War TV Makers in Saxony
Rüdiger Steinmetz (Leipzig University, Germany) and Judith Kretzschmar (Leipzig University, Germany)
12. Transformation of the Communist Media and its Anti-Communist Rhetoric During the Period of Social Revival: A Survival Strategy
Andrius Vaisnys (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Bibliography
Index
List of Pictures and Tables
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Between Antagonism and Accord: Media and the Cold War - An Introduction
Gintaras Aleknonis (Muthesius Academy of Arts, Germany and Vilnius University, Lithuania) and Tobias Hochscherf (Kiel University of Applied Sciences and the University, Germany)
PART I: EARLY ENCOUNTERS
1. Doors to the Free World: Former Danish Journalists-in-Exile in the Proto-Cold War
Emil Eiby Seidenfaden (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
2. The Next Most Important British Personage in Moscow? The BBC and Soviet Union during the Early Decades of the Cold War
James Rodgers (City,University of London, UK)
3. Local Media, Paradiplomacy and Conflict Resolution: The Journal of the Society of Friends of Coventry and (West) German-British Relations, 1947-49
Christoph Laucht (Swansea University, UK)
4. Film Adaptation in the Cold War: The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
Tadas Bugnevicius (Yale University, USA)
PART II: COLD WAR NARRATIVES AND STABILISING TRANSFORMATIONS
5. Revisions. NS-Regime, Second World War and Holocaust in West-German Documentaries of the Cold War Era
Thomas Weber (University of Hamburg, Germany)
6. When the Cold War Went on Holiday: A Look Behind the Iron Curtain in Richard Thorpe's The Golden Head (1964)
Balázs Varga (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
7. 'A film about something else'. Dissemination of Czech Student Films at the Turn of the 1970s and 1980s
Tereza Czesany Dvoráková (Charles University, Czech Republic)
8. Transnational Television Flow in East Europe in Times of Conflict
Yulia Yurtaeva-Martens (Film University Babelsberg, Germany) & Lothar Mikos (Film University Babelsberg, Germany)
9. Time and Conflict Resolution in Space: Politics and Geopolitics in Classic Doctor Who
(1963-89)
James Chapman (University of Leicester, UK)
PART III: LATE DÉTANTE POLICY, CRITICAL REFLECTIONS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES
10. Spacebridges to Peace: Satellite Television Links, Citizen Diplomacy and US-Soviet Conflict Resolution in the 1980s.
Nicholas J. Cull (University of Southern California, USA)
11. Semi-legal and Legal Local TV Programmes in the GDR and Unified Germany (1989- 1995): Motives of Early Post-Cold War TV Makers in Saxony
Rüdiger Steinmetz (Leipzig University, Germany) and Judith Kretzschmar (Leipzig University, Germany)
12. Transformation of the Communist Media and its Anti-Communist Rhetoric During the Period of Social Revival: A Survival Strategy
Andrius Vaisnys (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
Conflict Resolution and the Cold War: Media Encounters across the Iron Curtain offers a unique perspective on how media played a role in reconciliation during the Cold War. Through engaging international case studies, the book reveals how film, radio and television were not only tools of conflict and propaganda, but also vital platforms for dialogue, peacebuilding and cultural exchange, helping to bridge divides and promote peace. By shedding new light on these complex interactions, the book offers fresh insights into this often-overlooked cultural aspect of Cold War history. It is a must-read for scholars and enthusiasts of media history and Cold War studies.
This pioneering collection mobilises international scholarship on the longest-running conflict of the 20th century to demonstrate how the function of media stretches far beyond simple representation to form a core part of political and diplomatic processes. Based on original archival sources, the book illustrates how media may become a powerful tool for peace building and reconciliation. While focusing on journalism, cinema and broadcasting, the collection covers both mainstream and traditionally overlooked forms of peripheral media as well considering how these productions reached their (often transnational) audiences. The Cold War has never been more relevant and this book showcases the many lessons media scholars, producers, historians and politicians may learn from it.
Drawing on the work of a first-class team of international scholars, this fascinating edited collection locates the media at the centre of Cold War cultural politics. Using an array of approaches and perspectives from across Europe and North America, the role of the media in conflict resolution is explored, analysed and critiqued, resulting in a volume that should be on the shelves of researchers in media studies, politics and history. From Doctor Who to Czech student films and everything in between, this impressive collection provides a fresh and novel perspective on the Cold War.
This pioneering collection mobilises international scholarship on the longest-running conflict of the 20th century to demonstrate how the function of media stretches far beyond simple representation to form a core part of political and diplomatic processes. Based on original archival sources, the book illustrates how media may become a powerful tool for peace building and reconciliation. While focusing on journalism, cinema and broadcasting, the collection covers both mainstream and traditionally overlooked forms of peripheral media as well considering how these productions reached their (often transnational) audiences. The Cold War has never been more relevant and this book showcases the many lessons media scholars, producers, historians and politicians may learn from it.
Drawing on the work of a first-class team of international scholars, this fascinating edited collection locates the media at the centre of Cold War cultural politics. Using an array of approaches and perspectives from across Europe and North America, the role of the media in conflict resolution is explored, analysed and critiqued, resulting in a volume that should be on the shelves of researchers in media studies, politics and history. From Doctor Who to Czech student films and everything in between, this impressive collection provides a fresh and novel perspective on the Cold War.