After the czars and commissars : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia / edited by Eric Freedman and Richard Shafer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freedman, Eric.

Shafer, Richard.

Series:

Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Asia, Central.

Journalism.

Journalism--Political aspects--Asia, Central.

Press and politics--Asia, Central.

Press and politics.

Government and the press--Asia, Central.

Government and the press.

Freedom of the press--Asia, Central.

Freedom of the press.

Mass media--Censorship--Asia, Central.

Mass media.

Online journalism--Asia, Central.

Online journalism.

Cyberspace--Government policy--Asia, Central.

Cyberspace.

Reporters and reporting--Asia, Central.

Reporters and reporting.

Post-communism--Asia, Central.

Post-communism.

Cyberspace--Government policy.

Mass media--Censorship.

Journalism--Political aspects.

Central Asia.

Physical Description:

299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2011]

Summary:

This collection of 15 papers, edited by Freedman (journalism, Michigan State U.) and Shafer (journalism, U. of North Dakota), contributes to mass media research by focusing on the neglected former Soviet republics of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. After addressing the theoretical approaches to the subject and the Soviet foundations of the Central Asian press, papers discuss specific national issues, including the role of financial-industrial groups in controlling the media in Kazakhstan, representations of the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan's Vicherniy Bishkek, monitoring of Internet media in Uzbekistan, and journalistic self-censorship in the Tajik press; regional issues such as journalistic rights and duties under authoritarianism, ethnic minorities and the regional media, and the impact of international broadcasting into Uzbekistan; issues of journalism education and professionalism; and the impact of Internet media. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Theoretical foundations for researching the roles of the press in today's Central Asia / Eric Freedman

Under the commissars. Soviet foundations of the post-independence press in Central Asia / Richard Shafer

National perspectives. Oligarchs and ownership: the role of financial-industrial groups in controlling Kazakhstan's "independent" media / Barbara Junisbai

Reinforcing authoritarianism through media control: the case of post-Soviet Turkmenistan / Luca Anceschi

Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan as presented in Vecherniy Bishkek: a radical Islamist organization through the eyes of Kyrgyz journalists / Irina Wolf

The future of Internet media in Uzbekistan: transformation from state censorship to monitoring of information space since independence / Zhanna Kozhamberdiyeva

Journalistic self-censorship and the Tajik press in the context of Central Asia / Peter Gross and Timothy Kenny

Trans-regional perspectives. Loyalty in the new authoritarian model: journalistic rights and duties in Central Asian Media Law / Olivia Allison

Ethnic minorities and the media in Central Asia / Olivier Ferrando

Journalists at risk: the human impact of press constraints / Eric Freedman

International broadcasting to Uzbekistan: does it still matter? / Navbahor Imamova

Journalism education and professionalism. Journalism education and professional training in Kazakhstan: from the Soviet era to Independence / Maureen J. Nemecek, Stan Ketterer, Galiya Ibrayeva, and Stanislav Los

Professionalism among journalists in Kyrgyzstan / Gregory Pitts

New media, new frontiers. Internet libel law and freedom of expression in Tajikistan / Kristine Kohlmeier and Navruz Nekbakhtshoev

Blogging down the dictator? the Kyrgyz revolution and Samizdat web sites / Svetlana V. Kulikova and David D. Perlmutter

Conclusion: through the crystal ball / Richard Shafer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781611860054

1611860059

OCLC:

687649945