International radio broadcasts are relatively common elements in the international flow of communication. They can be used for a number of different purposes. An important one is the distribution of propaganda. This article contains a presentation of the analyses of international propaganda broadcasts—analyses that for a number of years have been carried out at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. The studies have primarily been aimed at finding propaganda patterns for different broadcasters and at finding ways to measure variations in propaganda intensity.
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