- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (299 p.) : ill., map.
- Series Statement
- Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series
- Uniform Title
- After the czars and commissars (Online)
- Subject
- Journalism > Asia, Central
- Journalism > Political aspects > Asia, Central
- Press and politics > Asia, Central
- Government and the press > Asia, Central
- Freedom of the press > Asia, Central
- Mass media > Censorship > Asia, Central
- Online journalism > Asia, Central
- Cyberspace > Government policy > Asia, Central
- Reporters and reporting > Asia, Central
- Post-communism > Asia, Central
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2010052157
- OCLC
- ssj0000585353
- Title
After the czars and commissars [electronic resource] : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia / edited by Eric Freedman and Richard Shafer.
- Imprint
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2011.
- Series
Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Freedman, Eric.
Shafer, Richard.