288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface 1. Word and Deed 2. The Case of Nezavisimaya Gazeta 3. The "Mediatization" of Politics 4. Reconstructing Russia 5. The Internet in Russia 6. The Media System Afterword
Biography
Ivan Ivanovich Zassoursky is a Russian journalist, philologist, professor, producer, and researcher. He is the head of the Department of New Media and Communications Theory Studies in the School of Journalism at the Moscow State University, Russia, and founder and publisher of Chastny Korrespondent, an online newspaper.
