Changing channels
Subtitle: television and the struggle for power in Russia
By: Ellen Mickiewicz.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Television and politics -- Russia (Federation); Television and politics -- Soviet Union.; Television broadcasting -- Russia (Federation); Television broadcasting -- Soviet Union.
Description: "Covering the period from the state-controlled television broadcasts at the end of the Soviet Union through the attempted coup against Gorbachev, the war in Chechnya, the presidential election of 1990, and the economic collapse of 1998, Mickiewicz draws on firsthand research, public opinion surveys, and many interviews with key players, including Gorbachev himself.

By examining the role that television has played in the struggle to create political pluralism in Russia, she reveals how this struggle is both helped and hindered by the barrage of information, advertisements, and media-created personalities that populate the airwaves. Perhaps most significantly, she shows how television has emerged as the sole emblem of legitimate authority and has provided a rare and much-needed connection from one area of this huge, crisis-laden country to the next."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-349)and index.
Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.