After the czars and commissars : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia /

From Czarism and Bolshevism to the current post-communist era, the media in Central Asia has been tightly constrained. Though the governments in the region assert that a free press is permitted to operate, research has shown this to be untrue. In all five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Freedman, Eric., Shafer, Richard.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2011.
Series:Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series.
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Summary:From Czarism and Bolshevism to the current post-communist era, the media in Central Asia has been tightly constrained. Though the governments in the region assert that a free press is permitted to operate, research has shown this to be untrue. In all five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the media has been controlled, suppressed, punished, and often outlawed. This enlightening collection of essays investigates the reasons why these countries have failed to develop independent and sustainable press systems. It documents the complex relationship between the press and governance, nation-building, national identity, and public policy. In this book, scholars explore the numerous and broad-reaching implications of media control in a variety of contexts, touching on topics such as Internet regulation and censorship, press rights abuses, professional journalism standards and self-censorship, media ownership, ethnic newspapers, blogging, Western broadcasting into the region, and coverage of terrorism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (299 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781609172282
1609172280
9781628961508
1628961503
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