Polish Section of Radio Free Europe: Attitudes of its target audience in the 1950s and 1960s (based on RFE's own research)

Authors

  • Kamila Kamińska-Chełminiak Uniwersytet Warszawski

Keywords:

Radio Free Europe (Polish Section), the Cold War, audience and public opinion research, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914–2005)

Abstract

This article re-examines the material collected by the RFE Audience Research Department between 1958 and 1961 among Polish refugees and temporary visitors from Poland in the West. The aim of this analysis is to gain fresh insight into the attitudes and opinions about the Polish Section of the Radio Free Europe expressed by its listeners

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Published

2020-07-08

How to Cite

Kamińska-Chełminiak, K. (2020). Polish Section of Radio Free Europe: Attitudes of its target audience in the 1950s and 1960s (based on RFE’s own research). Yearbook of the History of Polish Press, 23(2), 111–134. Retrieved from https://rhpp.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/9942

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2020)

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Articles & Papers

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