A Show in Camouflage. How Propaganda Makes a Holiday out of War

"Entertainment television no longer entertains - it mobilizes. Today, war is confidently marching through the studios, and patriotism is becoming a universal scenario: equally suitable for a talk show, a music competition, and a reality show about early pregnancy. In ""Field of Miracles"" Yakubovich is given drones, in ""Let's Get Married"" brides compete for a man with a military past and benefits. In ""Male / Female"" - drama: relatives divide up the coffin money and sort things out. And in ""Pregnant at 16"" - special editions: dad is in the trenches, mom is on maternity leave, the child is a symbol of the new Russia.

Irina Alleman conducted a clinical experiment - she watched hours of entertainment propaganda and now knows exactly how much cynicism fits into one prime time."