State control of mass media and propaganda (Stalin)

• • Stalin banned publication of bad news.
  • From 1928, Glavit controlled access to economic data.
  • Tightened censorship.
• • Works by Zinoviev and Kamenev were banned, placed in book Gulags.
  • Industrial accidents such as White Sea Canal deaths were hidden from media.
• Stalin's Media

  • Lenin’s books edited to remove complimentary statements about Stalin’s political opponents.
  • Soviet history rewritten to emphasises the role of Stalin during the revolution.
  • From 1928, Glavit controlled access to economic data.
  • Restrictions put in place to limit “bad news”
  • Soviet media forbidden from publishing stories about disasters, suicides, industrial accidents, even bad weather blocked.
  • Soviet Union was a place of good.
  • Only reports of saboteurs were the only “bad news” available for people to view.
  • Stalin always given credit for works during the regime.