Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World: Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment After Communism
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2018), 446 pp.
Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 178
ISBN 978-3-8382-1116-9
Signature commbox: 400:10-Politics 2018
"This collection covers the major trends of the media environment of the post-Communist world and their recent development, with special focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. The term ‘media environment’ covers not just traditional print and electronic media, but new media as well, and ranges from the political to entertainment and various artistic spheres. What role do market forces play in the process of media democratization, and how do state structures regulate, suppress, or use capitalism toward their own gain? What degree of informational pluralism has been achieved in the newly independent republics? What are the prospects for transparency and the participation of civil society in Russian and Eurasian media? To what degree do trends in post-Communist media reflect global trends? Is there a worldwide convergence with regard to both media formats and political messaging? Western observers usually pay their keenest attention to the role of media in Russia and Eurasia during national elections. While this is a valid focus, the present volume [...] aims at understanding the deeper overall ‘media philosophies’ that characterize post-Soviet media systems and environments, and the type of identity formation that they are promoting." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World / Peter Rollberg and Marlene Lamelle
I. NATIONAL TRENDS
Politics of International Media Rankings / Tudor Vlad, Lee B. Becker, and Jack Snyder
Russia's Nongovernmental Media under Assault / Maria Lipman
Russia and the New Authoritarians / Jonathan Becker
Ukraine's Media in the Context of Global Cultural Convergence / Marta Dyczok
Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism / Oleg Manaev
Mass Media Consumption in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: The View from Below / Barbara Junisbai, Azamat Junisbai, and Nicola Ying Fry
Networked Apathy: Georgian Party Politics and the Role of Social Media / Komely Kakachia, Tamara Pataraia, and Michael Cecire
II. TELEVISION
Coercion or Conformism? Censorship and Self-Censorship among Russian Media Personalities and Reporters in the 2010s / Elisabeth Schimpfossl and Ilya Yablokov
The "Russian Idea" on the Small Screen: Staging National Identity on Russia's TV / Marlene Lamelle
Peter the Great, Statism, and Axiological Continuity in Contemporary Russian Television / Peter Rollberg
In Search of Kazakhness: The Televisual Landscape and Screening of Nation in Kazakhstan / Marlene Lamelle
Small Screen Nation-Building: Astana - My Love / Peter Rollberg
III. SOCIAL MEDIA
Glasnost 2.0 / Sarah Oates
The Persistence of Media Control under Consolidated Authoritarianism: Containing Kazakhstan's Digital Media / Luca Anceschi
Friends, Foes, and Facebook: Blocking the Internet in Tajikistan / Abdulfattoh Shafiev and Marintha Miles
Youth Media Consumption and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Olena Nikolayenko
Social Media and Online Public Debate in Central Asia: A Journalist's Perspective / Navbahor Imamova
I. NATIONAL TRENDS
Politics of International Media Rankings / Tudor Vlad, Lee B. Becker, and Jack Snyder
Russia's Nongovernmental Media under Assault / Maria Lipman
Russia and the New Authoritarians / Jonathan Becker
Ukraine's Media in the Context of Global Cultural Convergence / Marta Dyczok
Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism / Oleg Manaev
Mass Media Consumption in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: The View from Below / Barbara Junisbai, Azamat Junisbai, and Nicola Ying Fry
Networked Apathy: Georgian Party Politics and the Role of Social Media / Komely Kakachia, Tamara Pataraia, and Michael Cecire
II. TELEVISION
Coercion or Conformism? Censorship and Self-Censorship among Russian Media Personalities and Reporters in the 2010s / Elisabeth Schimpfossl and Ilya Yablokov
The "Russian Idea" on the Small Screen: Staging National Identity on Russia's TV / Marlene Lamelle
Peter the Great, Statism, and Axiological Continuity in Contemporary Russian Television / Peter Rollberg
In Search of Kazakhness: The Televisual Landscape and Screening of Nation in Kazakhstan / Marlene Lamelle
Small Screen Nation-Building: Astana - My Love / Peter Rollberg
III. SOCIAL MEDIA
Glasnost 2.0 / Sarah Oates
The Persistence of Media Control under Consolidated Authoritarianism: Containing Kazakhstan's Digital Media / Luca Anceschi
Friends, Foes, and Facebook: Blocking the Internet in Tajikistan / Abdulfattoh Shafiev and Marintha Miles
Youth Media Consumption and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan / Olena Nikolayenko
Social Media and Online Public Debate in Central Asia: A Journalist's Perspective / Navbahor Imamova
