Echoes of the Past: Media and History in the Baltic Battlespace

Chakars, Janis; Ekmanis, Indra

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-99987-2_2

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“…The Baltic states, especially after their accession to NATO, have been and still remain among the targets of Russia's information warfare (Seib 2021, Ch. 5;Fabian, Berzins 2021;Chakars, Ekmanis 2022).…”

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Information Warfare and Disinformation: The Example of the Occupation of Latvia in June of 1940

Zelče¹

2023

Media and Society, 2022

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Applying the concept of information warfare, the study examines the influence of the USSR on the information space of Latvia during its occupation in June 1940 and taking over power. Using memoir literature, the article presents the characteristics of media activity. The research analyses the contents of the 17–19 June issues of the most influential newspapers “Jaunākās Ziņas”, “Brīvā Zeme” and “Rīts” in order to detect disinformation published therein and information available to people. It was concluded that the USSR successfully implemented the information warfare, achieving complete control of Latvia’s information space. The main information materials provided to the audience of the Latvian media contained blatant misinformation, as they defined the relations between Latvia and the USSR as friendly and the Red Army as a friendly army.

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Information Warfare and Disinformation: The Example of the Occupation of Latvia in June of 1940

Zelče¹

2023

Media and Society, 2022

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Media and Society, 2022

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The research is focused on the development of the means of artistic expression applied in the cinema of a specific time period , analysing the films made at the Riga Film Studio (Rīgas Kinostudija), commissioned by the Central Television of the USSR. Both innovative and formal solutions can be found in the films of that era, especially considering the creation of the two-part format. The current publication focuses on the genesis of the artistic and production processes of the film "Lielais dzintars" ("The Great Amber", "Dziesma par Rīgu" / "A Song About Riga", 1972), in the context of the cinema development of that time, based on the documents of the Latvian State Archives of the Latvian National Archives. The inclusion of humorous elements in the film's narrative, the use of music, visually impressive Latvian landscapes on the screen, an international cast corresponding to the scale of the USSR, was a way to sell the film to the customer. Riga Film Studio and its authors agreed to modify the script and film several times, subjecting themselves to artistic compromises. Censorship in the USSR realized its ideological goals by idealizing the Soviet man's way of life, destroying the narrative and aesthetics of the film "Lielais dzintars".

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Echoes of the Past: Media and History in the Baltic Battlespace

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Information Warfare and Disinformation: The Example of the Occupation of Latvia in June of 1940

Information Warfare and Disinformation: The Example of the Occupation of Latvia in June of 1940

Media and Society, 2022

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