Mapping International Journalism in Post-Soviet Russia: Global Trends vs. National Context
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2015

Since the beginning of 1990s international journalism in the world is faced with new challenges due to a variety of factors, i.e. technology, globalization and economic crisis in media (Sambrook, 2010). In Russia transformation of international journalism is complicated by the existence of the strong Soviet legacy in the field of foreign reporting and the co-existence of different journalism cultures within one media system. In this paper the authors aim to provide an analysis of the current sta