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Freedom of Expression in Russia's New Mediasphere book cover

1st Edition

Freedom of Expression in Russia's New Mediasphere

Edited By Mariëlle Wijermars, Katja Lehtisaari Copyright 2020
296 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In recent years, the Russian government has dramatically expanded its restrictions on the internet, while simultaneously consolidating its grip on traditional media. The internet, however, because of its transnational configuration, continues to evade comprehensive state control and offers ever new opportunities for disseminating and consuming dissenting opinions. Drawing on a wide range of... Read more


Preface



Notes on contributors



Introduction: freedom of expression in Russia’s new mediasphere



MARIËLLE WIJERMARS AND KATJA LEHTISAARI



PART I



Frameworks for freedom of expression in Russia’s new media



1 The occupation of Runet? The tightening state regulation of the Russian-language section of the internet



MARKKU LONKILA, LARISA SHPAKOVSKAYA AND PHILIP TORCHINSKY



2 The blacklisting mechanism: new-school regulation of online expression and its technological challenges



LIUDMILA SIVETC



3 Formation of media policy in Russia: the case of the Iarovaia law



KATJA LEHTISAARI



PART II



Reinventing media formats, platforms and networks



4 The networked architecture of media freedom in contemporary Russia: the case of urban online magazines



SAARA RATILAINEN



5 Transmedia storytelling as an opportunity for re-inventing Russian federal television



EKATERINA LAPINA-KRATASYUK



6 Authenticity and affect in historical reenactments of the Russian Revolution on social media



DMITRY YAGODIN



PART III



New media and fragmented audiences



7 Challenging the ‘information war’ paradigm: Russophones and Russophobes in online Eurovision communities



VITALY KAZAKOV AND STEPHEN HUTCHINGS



8 Reconsidering media-centrism: Latvia’s Russian-speaking audiences in light of the Russia–Ukraine conflict



MĀRTI ŅŠ KAPRĀNS AND JĀNIS JUZEFOVIČS



9 Sputnik i Pogrom: Russia’s oppositional nationalism and alternative right



JUSSI LASSILA



PART IV



Tactics of control and subversion



10 Imprisoned for a ‘like’: the criminal prosecution of social media users under authoritarianism



FREEK VAN DER VET



11 State propaganda and popular culture in the Russian-speaking internet



VERA ZVEREVA



12 Freedom of expression and the Russian Orthodox Church



HANNA STAEHLE



Conclusion



KATJA LEHTISAARI AND MARIËLLE WIJERMARS



Index

Biography

Mariëlle Wijermars is a researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.



Katja Lehtisaari is a university lecturer at Media and Communication Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

A comprehensive collection that approaches the issue of freedom of expression in the new media in Russia, as well as attempts to curb it, from multiple angles. Such an approach illuminates the multifaceted nature of the Russian media studies regime, which cannot be reduced to simple state-controlled censorship" - Olena Nedozhogina, in Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
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