Media, democracy and freedom
Subtitle: the post-communist experience
By: Marta Dyczok & Oxana Gaman-Golutvina (eds).
Contributors: Dyczok, Marta, 1963-; Gaman-Golutvina, Oxana.
Series: Interdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe -- v. 6
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783034303118
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern; Mass media -- Political aspects -- Europe, Central; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern; Post-communism -- Europe, Central; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Marta Dyczok; title: Framing the issues: the larger theoretical discussions. Do the media matter? focus on Ukraine / Marta Dyczok; title: Contradictions between freedom and development: historical and contemporary dimensions (the Russian case) / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina; title: In the absence of light, darkness prevails. Plurality, the public sphere and the transformation of press journalism in Belarus /  Stefan Jarolimek; title: Development of a public sphere: journalistic freedom and media accountability in Latvia / Inta Brike; title: Identity, media and change: sociological perspectives. Russia, the West and "the special path": popular attitudes to other countries / Boris Dubin; title: Belarus on the "Huntington line": the role of media / Oleg Manaev; title: Focusing the lens: empirically based case studies. The Russian media scene: industrial rise and institutional decline / Masha Lipman; title: Less is more: towards a sustainable and reliable media in Albania / Robert Austin; title: Trends in Georgia's mass media after the "Rose Revolution" / Tamara Berekashivli; title: Coloured revolutions and the media: where is the scoop? / Vicken Cheterian; title: Conclusions. Media and democracy in transformation design / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina.