The Lobbying Problem in the Pages of the Soviet Press (1917-1990)

Abstract

This article covers the coverage of lobbying in the Soviet periodical press. The authors investigate the ways in which Soviet journalists covered the topic of lobbying, assess the objectivity of information spread about American lobbying, and describe the ways in which this information was presented. The article pays special attention to the ideological attitudes and the system of control over Soviet media (and, accordingly, the state of mass consciousness in the USSR). The research is based on materials from the archive of Pravda newspaper.