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Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
Deep Insights
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), vii, 418 pp.
"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-
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The European Handbook of Media Accountability
London: Routledge (2018), xvii, 340 pp.
"In recent years, the Leveson Inquiry in Great Britain, as well as the EU High-Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism, have stirred heated debates about media accountability and media self-regulation across Europe. How responsible are journalists? How well-developed are infrastructures of media
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Russian Social Media Influence: Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe
Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation (2018), xvii, 130 pp.
"A RAND Corporation study examined Russian-language content on social media and the broader propaganda threat posed to the region of former Soviet states that include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and, to a lesser extent, Moldova and Belarus. In addition to employing a state-funded multilingu
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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.
"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 rang
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Speech and Society in Turbulent Times: Freedom of Expression in Comparative Perspective
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2018), xix, 334 pp.
"This volume explores how societies are addressing challenging questions about the relationship between expression, traditional and societal values, and the transformations introduced by new information communications technologies. It seeks to identify alternative approaches to the role of speech an
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From Media Systems to Media Cultures: Understanding Socialist Television
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2018), xiii, 369 pp.
"[The authors] delve into the fascinating world of television under communism, using it to test a new framework for comparative media analysis. To understand the societal consequences of mass communication, the authors argue that we need to move beyond the analysis of media systems, and instead focu
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Fakepolítica: Democracia y digitalización
Nueva Sociedad, issue 269 (2017), pp. 40-147
Medien - Frauen - Perspektiven
Weltzeit (Deutsche Welle), issue 3 (2017), pp. 10-29
Christian Media in Russia in the Age of “Networkization”
World of Media: Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies (2017), pp. 121-142
"This paper analyzes the subsystem of religious media in Russia, with a focus on Christian media and their place in Russia’s media system in the context of “networkization”. The dilemma faced by the Russian Orthodox Church in coming to terms with new digital communication technologies, and the
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Media
Russian Analytical Digest, issue 197 (2017), 17 pp.
"My Boss is 18,000 People": Journalism Practices in Crowdfunded Media Organizations
MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, volume 33, issue 62 (2017), pp. 110-118
"This article analyses three crowdfunded media organizations in three different countries – Krautreporter (Germany), Direkt36 (Hungary), and Colta (Russia). Using qualitative in-depth interviews, it demonstrates that journalism practices in a crowdfunded newsroom are very different from those in o
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Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
Deep Insights
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2017), 1060 pp.
"Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice
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Global Journalism Education in the 21st Century: Challenges and Innovations
Deep Insights
Austin, Tex.: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas; World Journalism Education Council (2017), xviii, 468 pp.
Soviet Subversion, Disinformation and Propaganda: How the West Fought Against it. An Analytic History, with Lessons for the Present
London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2017), 7 pp.
"What were Soviet influence and disinformation campaigns? What did the West do about them? This study answers these questions, explaining the Cold War strategies followed by the USSR, as well as the Western response. Eleven case studies follow, each one examining a counter-disinformation tactic in d
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"In Russia, the state controls strategic media (such as national TV), and restricts independent media and the internet through increasingly repressive legislation. However, there is still some scope for media pluralism, with a few outlets openly criticising the authorities." (Page 1)
Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region: A Comparative Study
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2017), 267 pp.
"This study examines the existence of criminal defamation and insult laws in the territory of the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In doing so, it offers a broad, comparative overview of the compliance of OSCE participating States’ legislat
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Online and on All Fronts: Russia’s Assault on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch (2017), 84 pp.
"Since 2012, Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on free expression, treating criticisms of the government as threats to state security and public stability and curbing privacy online. The government has introduced significant restrictions to online expression and invasive surveillance
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In Repressive Countries, Citizens Go 'dark' to Share Independent News
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017)
"CIMA’s analysis of audience data from nearly 40 countries yields a statistically significant correlation between freedom of the press and reliance on dark social sharing: the more repressive the media environment, the more likely the audience is to access news through dark social. Even more illus
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The Instrumentalisation of Mass Media in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from Russia's Presidential Election Campaigns of 2000 and 2008
Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag (2017), viii, 283 pp.
"Which instruments and approaches do incumbent elites employ to skew media coverage in favour of their preferred candidate in a presidential election? What effects do these strategies have on news content? Based on two case studies of the presidential election campaigns in Russia in 2000 and in 2008
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Journalistische Ethik und Medien im postsowjetischen Raum
Leipzig: Moldova-Institut (2017), 181 pp.
"In diesem Sammelband werden konkrete Probleme der Medienethik in der Republik Moldau, der Ukraine und Russland erörtert. Allerdings können diese Beiträge keine erschöpfenden Antworten geben, sondern sollen vielmehr den Blick für Aspekte und Fragen der Medienethik in den drei Ländern schärfen
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