I. Ideas of propaganda and the propaganda of ideas. 1. The study of mass communication -- 2. Leninist theory and public opinion -- 3. The administration of propaganda and agitation -- 4. Communist propaganda: the schooling of opinion leaders. -- II. Personal oral agitation and opinion leaders. 5. The Bolshevik agitator -- 6. The role of the local party organization -- 7. The development of oral agitation policy -- III. The Soviet Press -- 9. The Soviet conception of the press -- 10. The structure of a planned press -- 11. The functions and content of the press -- 12. Editors and writers of the Soviet press -- 13. Censorship and supervision of the press -- 14. Public control, self-criticism, and the press -- IV. Domestic broadcasting in the U.S.S.R. -- 15. The administration of radiobroadcasting -- 16. Broadcasting and radio reception in the U.S.S.R -- 17. Program policy and the content of Soviet broadcasts -- 18. The radio audience in the U.S.S:R -- V. The film in Soviet society -- 19. The Soviet film industry -- VI. Conclusion.