MANIPULARE SI DIRIJARE PRIN OBSERVAREA STĂRII DE SPIRIT A POPULATIEI. STUDIU DE CAZ: FESTIVALUL MONDIAL AL TINERETULUI SI STUDENTILOR DE LA BUCURESTI
HANDLING AND ORDERING THROUGH OBSERVE THE POPULATION MOOD. CASE STUDY: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST

Summary/Abstract: Handling and ordering through observe the population mood. Case study: International Youth Festival in Bucharest (1953, August 2nd-14th). Using manipulation was the only way for the regime to make people believe what the Romanian Communist Party wanted to believe as true. In the communist regimes people are manipulated by means of symbols, especially prosperity symbols. Communist leaders used festivals to increase or consolidate their popularity. One special moment: organizing in Bucharest in August 1953 The Third Congress of the Democratic Youth World Federation and The Fourth Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship. It was considered that the material and human efforts would pay, due to the propaganda effect of the festivities. So, propaganda was the main purpose of the 1953 events, as it also happened, in fact, with all festivals created by the communist regime. To verify that objectives, the communist leaders used the Securitate, political police of the regime, who takes the measures to mislead the citizens and foreign visitors by manipulating, distorting, falsifying evidence, and observed the Romanians’ morale to induce a mistaken perception.

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