”Asiallinen, todellinen ja varovainen”: Kotimaa-lehti kurkistusikkunana läntiseen mediaan Unkarissa 1957–1958
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Kotimaa-lehti, Unkari, 1950-luku, 1957, 1958, Kirjeenvaihto, Lehdistötutkimus, Luterilainen kirkko, KirkkohistoriaAbstract
“Accurate, Factual and Precautious”: The Newspaper Kotimaa as a Peek Window into the Western Media in Hungary, 1957–1958 — This research analyses the period from December 1957 throughout 1958, during which the Hungarian Communist government tightened its grip on the country’s churches. The Finnish Christian newspaper Kotimaa was sent to Finnish-speaking Hungarian Lutherans; however, its reach extended beyond this audience. Abstracts of the newspaper were drafted for dissidents within the church and digests of it orally disseminated. Likewise, abstracts were drafted by Lutherans close to the Communists for Hungarian authorities. Kotimaa was well regarded, since it relayed information that was undistorted or had not been published in the Hungarian newspapers. Consequently, some of the more critical issues of the paper were censored. The editorship of Kotimaa voiced their support for Bishop Ordass but, after his forced resignation in June 1958, adopted a more cautious stance. Hence, the risk of censorship was diminished, which favoured the newspaper’s communication aims.
