News Media And Power In Russia

Author : Olessia Koltsova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134283408

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News Media and Power in Russia by Olessia Koltsova Pdf

The end of communist rule in the Soviet Union brought with it a brave new world of media and commerce. Formerly state-owned enterprises were transformed, often through private ownership, and new corporations sprung up overnight to take advantage of the new atmosphere of freedom. Until now, most research on media and news production in Russia has focused on the scope of government control and comparisons with the communist era. However, extra-governmental controls and the challenges of operating in a newly capitalist environment have been just as important – if not more so – in the formation of the new media climate. Filling the gap in the literature, this book examines the various agents who ‘make’ the news, and discusses the fierce struggle among the various agents of power involved. Drawing on existing theories and scholarship, the book provides a wealth of detail on the actual daily practices of news production in Russia. Original research is combined with compelling first-hand accounts of news production and dissemination to provide an incisive look at the issues and power structures Russian journalists face on a daily basis.

Author : Ivan Ivanovich Zassoursky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315291031

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Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia by Ivan Ivanovich Zassoursky Pdf

This book describes the rise of independent mass media in Russia, from the loosening of censorship under Gorbachev's policy of glasnost to the proliferation of independent newspapers and the rise of media barons during the Yeltsin years. The role of the Internet, the impact of the 1998 financial crisis, the succession of Putin, and the effort to reimpose central power over privately controlled media empires mark the end of the first decade of a Russian free press. Throughout the book, there is a focus on the close intermingling of political power and media power, as the propaganda function of the press in fact never disappeared, but rather has been harnessed to multiple and conflicting ideological interests. More than a guide to the volatile Russian media scene and its players, Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia poses questions of importance and relevance in any functioning democracy.

Author : Anna Arutunyan
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780335239054

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EBOOK: The Media In Russia by Anna Arutunyan Pdf

This book introduces readers to the Russian media, its current landscape, and its history by outlining the chief challenges faced by Russian journalists on their quest for media freedom. Focusing on how the Government has traditionally controlled the media through censorship, financial involvement, and relations between media moguls and the State, the book analyses to what extent the Russian media has become 'free' since the fall of Communism. The author questions whether freedom is possible at all in a society where the media has traditionally been so closely linked to the State. There are chapters on different forms of media including print, television, radio and the Internet. Each chapter identifies the main hurdles faced by the particular medium and considers the potential it has for becoming truly independent. Key features include: Vivid examples and case studies of the power play between television and the State during the tumultuous 1990s Clear outline of various different forms of media Comprehensive historical overview supported with examples from relevant publications Drawing on her own experience as a professional journalist, the author, provides a first hand account of what journalists in Russia are encountering today. This position allows the author to frankly discuss the tangible issues that impact those involved in the media and their audiences. By providing both a description of the current situation and an overview of Russian media history, The Media in Russia offers a unique introduction to the field and is key reading for students across various disciplines including Russian studies, media studies and politics.

Author : Ellen Mickiewicz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521716756

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Television, Power, and the Public in Russia by Ellen Mickiewicz Pdf

The Russian media are widely seen to be increasingly controlled by the government. Leaders buy up opposing television channels and pour money in as fast as it hemorrhages out. As a result, TV news has become narrower in scope and in the range of viewpoints which it reflects: leaders demand assimilation and shut down dissenting stations. Using original and extensive focus group research and new developments in cognitive theory, Ellen Mickiewicz unveils a profound mismatch between the complacent assumption of Russian leaders that the country will absorb their messages, and the viewers on the other side of the screen. This is the first book to reveal what the Russian audience really thinks of its news and the mental strategies they use to process it. The focus on ordinary people, rather than elites, makes a strong contribution to the study of post-communist societies and the individual's relationship to the media.

Author : Greg McLaughlin
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 0745337651

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Russia and the Media by Greg McLaughlin Pdf

Are we witnessing the dawn of a new cold war?

Author : Ivan Zasurskiĭ
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 1315291053

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Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia by Ivan Zasurskiĭ Pdf

Author : S. White
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230583078

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Media, Culture and Society in Putin's Russia by S. White Pdf

An international collection of papers focused on media, culture and society in postcommunist Russia. Contributors deploy a wealth of primary data in examining the kinds of issues that are central to our understanding of the kind of system that has been established in the world's largest country after a period of far-reaching change.

Author : Birgit Beumers,Stephen Hutchings,Natalia Rulyova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134112388

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The Post-Soviet Russian Media by Birgit Beumers,Stephen Hutchings,Natalia Rulyova Pdf

This book explores developments in the Russian mass media since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Complementing and building upon its companion volume, Television and Culture in Putin's Russia: Remote Control, it traces the tensions resulting from the effective return to state-control under Putin of a mass media privatised and accorded its first, limited, taste of independence in the Yeltsin period. It surveys the key developments in Russian media since 1991, including the printed press, television and new media, and investigates the contradictions of the post-Soviet media market that have affected the development of the media sector in recent years. It analyses the impact of the Putin presidency, including the ways in which the media have constructed Putin’s image in order to consolidate his power and their role in securing his election victories in 2000 and 2004. It goes on to consider the status and function of journalism in post-Soviet Russia, discussing the conflict between market needs and those of censorship, the gulf that has arisen separating journalists from their audiences. The relationship between television and politics is examined, and also the role of television as entertainment, as well as its role in nation building and the projection of a national identity. Finally, it appraises the increasingly important role of new media and the internet. Overall, this book is a detailed investigation of the development of mass media in Russia since the end of Communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Author : Veronika Streuer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640345434

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The Media System in Russia by Veronika Streuer Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Mass Media, grade: 64%, Coventry University, course: Global Media and Communications (within the MA Global Journalism), language: English, abstract: This essay analyses the Russian media system on the basis of the concept of comparing media systems developed by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini in 2004. Therefore a brief sketch about the Russian media system is given in the second section of this essay. Section three contains an overview about Hallin and Mancini's approach of comparing media systems, which also will be discussed briefly. The advantages and drawbacks of using this concept on Russia will also be pointed out. In section four the tool mentioned above will be used to analyse the Russian media system. In section five it is discussed whether the Russian media system could fit in one of the three models approached by Hallin and Mancini. Concluding this essay suggests the development of a new fourth model to describe the specifics of Post-Soviet countries.

Author : Arutunyan, Anna
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335228898

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The Media In Russia by Arutunyan, Anna Pdf

'The Media in Russia' is an introductive volume for students of various fields, including Russian studies, media studies and political science. It explores the media landscape and sets out to identify the chief challenges that Russian journalists have grappled with throughout the 300-year history of the Russian press.

Author : Tina Burrett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136857553

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Television and Presidential Power in Putin's Russia by Tina Burrett Pdf

As a new president takes power in Russia, this book provides an analysis of the changing relationship between control of Russian television media and presidential power during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin. It argues that the conflicts within Russia’s political and economic elites, and President Putin’s attempts to rebuild the Russian state after its fragmentation during the Yeltsin administration, are the most significant causes of changes in Russian media. Tina Burrett demonstrates that President Putin sought to increase state control over television as part of a larger programme aimed at strengthening the power of the state and the position of the presidency at its apex, and that such control over the media was instrumental to the success of the president’s wider systemic changes that have redefined the Russian polity. The book also highlights the ways in which oligarchic media owners in Russia used television for their own political purposes, and that media manipulation was not the exclusive preserve of the Kremlin, but a common pattern of behaviour in elite struggles in the post-Soviet era. Basing its analysis predominately on interviews with key players in the Moscow media and political elites, and on secondary sources drawn from the Russian and Western media, the book examines broad themes that have been the subject of constant media interest, and have relevance beyond the confines of Russian politics.

Author : Arja Rosenholm,Kaarle Nordenstreng,Elena Trubina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136935725

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Russian Mass Media and Changing Values by Arja Rosenholm,Kaarle Nordenstreng,Elena Trubina Pdf

This book provides a multi-faceted picture of the many complex processes taking place in the field of contemporary Russian media and popular culture. Russian social and cultural life today is strongly individualised and consumers are offered innumerable alternatives; but at the same time options are limited by the new technologies of control which are a key feature of Russian capitalism. Based on extensive original research by scholars in both Russia itself and in Finland, the book discusses new developments in the media industry and assesses a wide range of social and cultural changes, many of which are related to, and to an extent generated by, the media. The book argues that the Russian mass media industry, whilst facing the challenges of globalization, serves several purposes including making a profit, reinforcing patriotic discourse and popularizing liberalized lifestyles. Topics include changing social identities, new lifestyles, ideas of "glamour" and "professional values". Overall, the book demonstrates that the media in Russia is far from homogenous, and that, as in the West, despite new technologies of control, media audiences are being offered a new kind of pluralism which is profoundly influencing Russia's cultural, social and political landscape.

Author : Iolanta Biderman
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783656078869

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Media Bias and Failure on the Decline of Democracy in Russia by Iolanta Biderman Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics, Politic Communications, grade: A, City University of New York Brooklyn College, course: Analysis of media information in Russia and the West, language: English, abstract: There is a common view among Western scholars, politicians, and media professionals that Russia continues to be an authoritarian state, due to its history, and that it has recently begun to stray away from democratic processes or even slide back into moderate totalitarianism. Even worse, The Freedom House report (2009) ranked Russia one of the world's most repressive societies, putting it next to Rwanda. However, this and other reports present a distorted picture of democratic development in Russia, which reflects conflicting views between the Western and Russian understanding and measurement of democratic and non-democratic media systems, press pluralism, ownership structures, relative autonomy from the state, negative and positive control of press content, the role of ideology, and the legal frame that protects freedom of speech.

Author : Ellen Propper Mickiewicz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Television and politics
ISBN : 0511387512

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Television, Power, and the Public in Russia by Ellen Propper Mickiewicz Pdf

Author : Daniel Treisman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815732440

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The New Autocracy by Daniel Treisman Pdf

Corruption, fake news, and the "informational autocracy" sustaining Putin in power After fading into the background for many years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia suddenly has emerged as a new threat—at least in the minds of many Westerners. But Western assumptions about Russia, and in particular about political decision-making in Russia, tend to be out of date or just plain wrong. Under the leadership of Vladimir Putin since 2000, Russia is neither a somewhat reduced version of the Soviet Union nor a classic police state. Corruption is prevalent at all levels of government and business, but Russia's leaders pursue broader and more complex goals than one would expect in a typical kleptocracy, such as those in many developing countries. Nor does Russia fit the standard political science model of a "competitive authoritarian" regime; its parliament, political parties, and other political bodies are neither fakes to fool the West nor forums for bargaining among the elites. The result of a two-year collaboration between top Russian experts and Western political scholars, Autocracy explores the complex roles of Russia's presidency, security services, parliament, media and other actors. The authors argue that Putin has created an “informational autocracy,” which relies more on media manipulation than on the comprehensive repression of traditional dictatorships. The fake news, hackers, and trolls that featured in Russia’s foreign policy during the 2016 U.S. presidential election are also favored tools of Putin’s domestic regime—along with internet restrictions, state television, and copious in-house surveys. While these tactics have been successful in the short run, the regime that depends on them already shows signs of age: over-centralization, a narrowing of information flows, and a reliance on informal fixers to bypass the bureaucracy. The regime's challenge will be to continue to block social modernization without undermining the leadership’s own capabilities.