Media, Democracy and Freedom: The Post-Communist Experience
Bern et al.: Peter Lang (2009), 246 pp.
Series: Interdisciplinary Studies on Central and Eastern Europe, 6
ISBN 978-3-0343-0311-8
Signature commbox: 400:10-Politics 2009
I. FRAMING THE ISSUES: THE LARGER THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS
Do the Media Matter? Focus on Ukraine / Marta Dyczok, 17
Contradictions between Freedom and Development: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions (the Russian Case) / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, 43
In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails. Plurality, the Public Sphere and the Transformation of Press Journalism in Belarus / Stefan Jarolimek, 67
Development of a Public Sphere: Journalistic Freedom and Media Accountability in Latvia / Inta Briks, 93
II. IDENTITY, MEDIA AND CHANGE: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Russia, the West and "The Special Path". Popular Attitudes to Other Countries / Boris Dubin, 111
Belarus on the 'Huntington Line': The Role of Media (Devoted to the Memory of Samuel Huntington) / Oleg Manaev, 129
III. FOCUSING THE LENS: EMPIRICALLY BASED CASE STUDIES
The Russian Media Scene: Industrial Rise and Institutional Decline / Masha Lipman, 159
Less is More: Towards a Sustainable and Reliable Media in Albania / Robert Austin, 171
Trends in Georgia's Mass Media after the Rose Revolution / Tamara Berekashivli, 187
Colour Revolutions and the Media: Where is the Scoop? / Vicken Cheterian, 205
CONCLUSIONS
Media and Democracy in Transformation Design / Oxana Gaman-Golutirina, 231
Do the Media Matter? Focus on Ukraine / Marta Dyczok, 17
Contradictions between Freedom and Development: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions (the Russian Case) / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, 43
In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails. Plurality, the Public Sphere and the Transformation of Press Journalism in Belarus / Stefan Jarolimek, 67
Development of a Public Sphere: Journalistic Freedom and Media Accountability in Latvia / Inta Briks, 93
II. IDENTITY, MEDIA AND CHANGE: SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Russia, the West and "The Special Path". Popular Attitudes to Other Countries / Boris Dubin, 111
Belarus on the 'Huntington Line': The Role of Media (Devoted to the Memory of Samuel Huntington) / Oleg Manaev, 129
III. FOCUSING THE LENS: EMPIRICALLY BASED CASE STUDIES
The Russian Media Scene: Industrial Rise and Institutional Decline / Masha Lipman, 159
Less is More: Towards a Sustainable and Reliable Media in Albania / Robert Austin, 171
Trends in Georgia's Mass Media after the Rose Revolution / Tamara Berekashivli, 187
Colour Revolutions and the Media: Where is the Scoop? / Vicken Cheterian, 205
CONCLUSIONS
Media and Democracy in Transformation Design / Oxana Gaman-Golutirina, 231
