saxelovnebo mecnierebaTa Ziebani #1 (38), 2009 ART SCIENCE ...

From 200 she is a guest teacher of Batumi University.She works on the issues of Georgian and American film history. Researchfield: Georgian Film Modernism of the twenties and mythological-narrativestructure of American film.O. Zhgenti is the author of 25 research-reweus about the film historyand art. Zhgenti’s critical articles and reweus about her are published ina local and foreign press and journals / Norwegian, German, Spanish,Azerbaijan/She is she author and director of documentaries “Knut Hamsun’sCaucasian mysteries” (2005) and “John Steinbeck’s Georgian Journal”(2009)Tel.: +995 (99) 27 18 15E-mail: olga-zhgenti@mail.ruMEDIA STUDIESTea MzhavanadzeGEORGIAN RADIO AS THE INSTRUMENT OF STATE GOVERNINGSummaryExplanation and analyze of any public phenomena can’t be interpreted withouthistorical priors what has stimulated to-day’s face. After formulating Georgianradio it served not only state ideology but also helped Georgian culture andart to develop during years. Although Georgian radio as the instrument ofstate control was marked at the beginning.In each separate period, corresponding concrete social and political situationwere changed problems of Georgian radio, but essence was not changed.Destination of public radio was determined by that social function, role andplace what it had in political structure of existent society. In the Soviet period,radio as means of mass information and propaganda was the part of biggercommunist ideology based on stern principles and methods. It was activeinstrument for the government in the sphere of society governing.Current historical processes can’t be simply estimated in Georgian radio. Twodirections-political and cultural determined its activity during all period ofexistence, though each of them left it’s own trace in spiritual life of the country.Today, certainly a lot of things are differently seen. It must be also mentioned,that in the epoch of development global TV, internet and multimedia radiowon’t be able to occupy the place what it had if even twenty years ago. Butin the history of society mass-informational relations played its role and thisrole must be comprehended without exaggeration and conceal.ABOUT AUTHORPh.D. DoctorThe head specialist of educational process control service at the faculty ofSocial and Political Sciences in Tbilisi State University named after IvaneJavakhishvili9 published works in JournalismTel: + 995 (32) 36 67 77; +995 (55) 43 81 07E mail: tatia @ tsu. Ge190 191