Illusions of Friendship? The Soviet Union and Russia in the Finnish Press
Luostarinen, H., & Suikkanen, R. (2004). Illusions of Friendship? The Soviet Union and Russia in the Finnish Press. Conflict & communication online, Vol 3(No 1 & 2, 2004). http://www.cco.regener-online.de
Julkaistu sarjassa
Conflict & communication onlinePäivämäärä
2004Tekijänoikeudet
© 2004 by verlag irena regener berlin
Abstract: The image of the Soviet Union and Russia has changed dramatically in the press in Finland after the World War II. This article
is based on a frequency analysis in which mentions of certain countries, groups of states and international organizations were coded (like
the Soviet Union/Russia, United States, NATO, UN etc.). To make the analysis more revealing and interesting, a distinction was made
whether the mention was made in the context of (1) alliance, friendship and cooperation, or in the context of (2) distance, restriction and
enemy image, or (3) both in a positive and in a negative context. The time frame was from 1945 till the end of the century, and the
newspapers chosen for the study represented the whole political spectrum of the Finnish media. The selection criteria of the material emphasized national celebration days.
The study proves clearly what has been the main object of Finnish foreign policy after the WW II: in all coded press material, the Soviet
Union/Russia was mentioned 222 times which makes 37.5% of all mentions. Other important states or groups have been the United States
(5.3 %), EC/EU/WEU/West-Europe (12.6 %), United Nations (9.0 %) and Nordic council/Nordic co-operation (11.2 %). With very few
exceptions, all mentions concerning the UN and Nordic co-operation are positive. The Soviet Union has also been described rather positively (77.5 %). The share of negative mentions is 8.1% and mixture of negative and positive mentions 14.4%. Images of the United
States and the European alliances are most contradictory. In the case of USA, 54.8 % of the mentions are positive and 45.2% negative.
Concerning EC/EU etc. 54.1 % of mentions are positive, 28.4 % negative and 17.6 % mixtures of positive and negative references.
Changes in attitudes towards the Soviet Union in different time spots are remarkable. The share of negative mentions of the Soviet Union
was very low, except in 1995 (30 %) when Finland already was a member of the EU. However, the number of cases in which the Soviet
Union was referred to both in a positive and in a negative way, was rather high in 1945 and 1948 (27 % and 22 %). The visibility of the
Soviet Union/Russia was on its highest level in 1945, in 1948 and in 1989. Decrease on mentions from 1989 (when the Soviet Union was
near the brink) to 1993 is very clear. It is interesting that the prominence of the Soviet Union was on a very low level in 1968 (occupation
of Czechoslovakia); one could guess that there was nothing positive to say but no courage to write negatively either. As long as the Soviet
Union existed and Finland had to live in its shadow, the press did not rock the boat. In the contemporary press discourse the grim heritage
of the Cold War can be seen in cynical attitude towards rhetoric of friendship and cooperation.
...
![showless](/themes/JYX2//images/showless.png)
![showmore](/themes/JYX2//images/showmore.png)
Julkaisija
Verlag RegenerISSN Hae Julkaisufoorumista
1618-0747Asiasanat
Alkuperäislähde
http://www.cco.regener-online.deJulkaisu tutkimustietojärjestelmässä
https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/14804094
Metadata
Näytä kaikki kuvailutiedotKokoelmat
Lisenssi
Samankaltainen aineisto
Näytetään aineistoja, joilla on samankaltainen nimeke tai asiasanat.
-
Dialogeja menneisyyden kanssa
Parkkinen, Jari (Suomen Venäjän ja Itä-Euroopan tutkimuksen seura, 2023) -
The role of Finnish leftists in Soviet-Finnish artistic exchanges during the late socialist period
Mikkonen, Simo (Routledge, 2020)The article examines artistic exchanges between the USSR and Finland from the viewpoint of the Finnish left. After WWII, Finland was in a difficult geopolitical position; although not occupied by the USSR, it received ... -
Kremlin ja kukkaron ehdoilla : journalistiopiskelijoiden käsityksiä journalismin roolista ja etiikasta Venäjällä vuonna 2012
Airola, Laura (2013)Tämä pro gradu -työ käsittelee journalismia Venäjällä. Tutkielmassa keskitytään erityisesti journalistin yhteiskunnallisen roolin ja journalismietiikan tarkasteluun. Aineistona ovat moskovalaisten journalistiopiskelijoiden ... -
From Censoring to Self-censorship : The Work of Finnish Moscow Correspondents 1957–1975
Uskali, Turo (Norsk Mediehistorisk Forening, 2022)
Ellei toisin mainittu, julkisesti saatavilla olevia JYX-metatietoja (poislukien tiivistelmät) saa vapaasti uudelleenkäyttää CC0-lisenssillä.