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July 23, 2026Journal of Global HistoryOpen Access

From Moscow to Cologne and across the Atlantic: Newspaper science and the global origins of Soviet mass communication

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VTVera TolzAVAlexandr Voronovici

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Overview

This article examines early Soviet press studies and their global context, indicating a complex legacy of propaganda analysis.

Key Points

  • The article aims to explore the early Soviet field of gazetovedenie within the broader history of mass communication, challenging the isolationist view of Soviet media theory.
  • Analyzed Soviet press scholarship from the 1920s.
  • Identified engagement with global debates on mass society and propaganda.
  • Applied Formalist methods to media texts.
  • Found that Soviet scholars drew on global thinkers like Karl Bücher and Walter Lippmann.
  • Established that Soviet media theory evolved through international intellectual exchange.
  • Revealed that the origins of propaganda studies are interconnected rather than isolated by geopolitical divides.

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Tolz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a61af8bfaa9903c5116a507https://doi.org/10.1017/s1740022826100564
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