"I'm against ignorance. I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking. I'm against fashionable thinking. I am against the whole cliché of the moment." -Herman Kahn
Friday, April 18, 2008
Атом-миру
Soviet "Atoms for Peace" propaganda poster. Found at plakaty.ru.
That's a good example, resembles what it was like 20 years ago when posters of that type were a common genre. http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/85n/n85n-s18.shtml Check this article (Novaya gazeta, 2004), there is a good picture of the way nuclear power is depicted in Russia today. And the text describes quite well the Russia people's radiophobia.
"Пресс-секретарь областного МЧС Виктор Бычков по-военному бодро отрапортовал, что он исправно оповещал о ситуации на АЭС местные СМИ и что выступление по телевидению министра по делам ГО и ЧС Саратовской области Александра Рабаданова было исчерпывающим. Да понятное дело, что все инструкции были соблюдены. Но ситуация в городе не подпадала под инструкции. И каждый действовал, исходя из собственного понимания. Вот я и спросила Бычкова: а лично он что принимал в эти дни? «Коньячок», — ответил Бычков. Но вот корреспонденту газеты «Саратов», по ее личному признанию, он на всякий случай рекомендовал подстраховаться йодомарином."
... wow.
But the the "friendly atom" isn't really dead, either. The Rosenergoatom education page is a good example of that genre, I think. True, it is very much an official outlet. But the Soviet-era stuff was generally produced by the government/nuclear establishment too.
In fact this is one of the extreme sides of the post-Soviet peaceful atom. Noone knows a thing for sure, and noone believes anyone, even when it comes to authorities themselves.
I would say they position themselves as an independent source of information and they often write on sensitive topics against the official line. Nuclear is one of such. If the official line is pro-nuclear, they will for sure be against it. Anyway, they are quite a critical paper. Anna Politkovskaya (the journalist killed last year) was working there as well.
That's a good example, resembles what it was like 20 years ago when posters of that type were a common genre.
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Check this article (Novaya gazeta, 2004), there is a good picture of the way nuclear power is depicted in Russia today. And the text describes quite well the Russia people's radiophobia.
"Пресс-секретарь областного МЧС Виктор Бычков по-военному бодро отрапортовал, что он исправно оповещал о ситуации на АЭС местные СМИ и что выступление по телевидению министра по делам ГО и ЧС Саратовской области Александра Рабаданова было исчерпывающим. Да понятное дело, что все инструкции были соблюдены. Но ситуация в городе не подпадала под инструкции. И каждый действовал, исходя из собственного понимания. Вот я и спросила Бычкова: а лично он что принимал в эти дни? «Коньячок», — ответил Бычков. Но вот корреспонденту газеты «Саратов», по ее личному признанию, он на всякий случай рекомендовал подстраховаться йодомарином."
ReplyDelete... wow.
But the the "friendly atom" isn't really dead, either. The Rosenergoatom education page is a good example of that genre, I think. True, it is very much an official outlet. But the Soviet-era stuff was generally produced by the government/nuclear establishment too.
In fact this is one of the extreme sides of the post-Soviet peaceful atom. Noone knows a thing for sure, and noone believes anyone, even when it comes to authorities themselves.
ReplyDeleteIs Novaya Gazeta consistently anti-nuclear?
ReplyDeleteI would say they position themselves as an independent source of information and they often write on sensitive topics against the official line. Nuclear is one of such. If the official line is pro-nuclear, they will for sure be against it. Anyway, they are quite a critical paper. Anna Politkovskaya (the journalist killed last year) was working there as well.
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