Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World

Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment after Communism

von Marlene Laruelle, Peter Rollberg

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Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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, with contributions by Luca Anceschi, Jonathan Becker, Lee B. Becker, Michael Cecire, Marta Dyczok, Nicola Ying Fry, Navbahor Imamova, Azamat Junisbai, Barbara Junisbai, Kornely Kakachia, Maria Lipman, Oleg Manaev, Marintha Miles, Olena Nikolayenko, Sarah Oates, Tamara Pataraia, Elisabeth Schimpfossl, Abdulfattoh Shafiev, Jack Snyder, Tudor Vlad, and Ilya Yablokov, 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.

• Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783838211169
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.03.2018
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: ibidem
• Beiträge von: Tudor Vlad
• Beiträge von: Andreas Umland, Lee B. Becker, Jack Snyder, Maria Lipman, Jonathan Becker, Marta Dyczok, Oleg Manaev, Barbara Junisbai, Azamat Junisbai, Nicola Ying Fry, Kornely Kakachia, Tamara Pataraia, Michael Cecire, Elisabeth Schimpfossl, Ilya Yablokov, Marlene Laruelle, Peter Rollberg, Sarah Oates, Luca Anceschi, Abdulfattoh Shafiev, Marintha Miles, Olena Nikolayenko, Navbahor Imamova