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Women in Politics and Media: Perspectives from Nations in Transition
New York; London: Bloomsbury Academic (2014), xiv, 334 pp.
"This is the first collection to de-Westernize the scholarship on women, politics and media by: 1) highlighting the latest research on countries and regions that have not been ‘the usual suspects’; 2) featuring a diverse group of scholars, many of non-Western origin; 3) giving voice through pers
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Television Audiences Across the World: Deconstructing the Ratings Machine
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xiv, 274 pp.
Political Criticism from the Soviet Kitchen to the Russian Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Russian Media Coverage of the December 2011 Election Protests
Journal of Communication Inquiry, volume 38, issue 2 (2014), pp. 95-112
"The election protests in Moscow in December 2011 signified an important moment for Russian society. Political dissent, historically reserved for the private domain of Soviet kitchens and in recent years to the regulation-free space of the Russian Internet (RuNet), entered the public space of Moscow
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„Soft Power“ und Imagepflege aus Moskau: Leichtes Spiel für PR-Offensive in der Medienkrise
Deep Insights
Osteuropa, volume 64, issue 1 (2014), pp. 63-88
"Russland versucht seit Jahren, sein Image zu verbessern. Für dieses Ziel werden Auslandsmedien ausgebaut und PR-Firmen beauftragt. Aber es fehlt eine Gesamtstrategie und das Grundverständnis, wie demokratische Öffentlichkeit funktioniert. Trotz teilweiser Erfolge wird Moskau ohne einen politisch
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Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 283 pp.
"Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia a
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Digital Russia: The language, culture and politics of new media communication
London; New York: Routledge (2014), xix, 292 pp.
"Digital Russia provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which new media technologies have shaped language and communication in contemporary Russia. It traces the development of the Russian-language internet, explores the evolution of web-based communication practices, showing how they have
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Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2014), xi, 195 pp.
"Contributors to the volume explore various questions concerning the opportunities and constraints for governance associated with the startling growth in digital technologies in the Global South. In areas of limited statehood, places where the reach of the state is limited and weak, can mobile phone
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Vol. 2
New York: Peter Lang (2014), xii, 406 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2014: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2014), xx, 307 pp.
"The 2014 MSI study for Europe & Eurasia is marked by an overall constancy of scores, for better or worse. Taken as a whole, the average of 21 overall scores shows an increase of 0.01 compared with last year. Out of the 21 countries studied, 13 showed a change in score of less than 0.10. Of the rema
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‘Better One Tiger Than Ten Thousand Rabid Rats’: Russian Media Coverage of the Syrian Conflict
International Politics, volume 51 (2014), pp. 45-66
"This article presents the findings of a detailed analysis of Russian media coverage of the conflict. Focusing on three prominent Russian newspapers and comparing them with three Western counterparts, particular emphasis is placed on their reporting of regime violence, the nature and actions of the
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Meanings of Audiences: Comparative Discourses
London; New York: Routledge (2014), xi, 206 pp.
"With essays on audiences in ancient Greece, early modern Germany, Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, Zimbabwe, contemporary Egypt, Bengali India, China, Taiwan, and immigrant diaspora in Belgium, each chapter examines the ways in which audiences are embedded in discourses of power, representation, and
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Global Information Society Watch 2014: Communications Surveillance in the Digital Age
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2014), 283 pp.
"This Global Information Society Watch tracks the state of communications surveillance in 57 countries across the world – countries as diverse as Hungary, India, Argentina, The Gambia, Lebanon and the United Kingdom. Each country report approaches the issue from a different perspective. Some analy
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Cyber Security in Developing Countries, a Digital Divide Issue: The Case of Georgia
Journal of International Communication, volume 20, issue 2 (2014), pp. 200-217
"Based on the case study of the cyber war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, this paper is a theoretical deliberation in an attempt to illustrate connection between the Digital Divide and cyber security. Through a qualitative study of cyber warfare between the two countries, one on the devel
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The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture, and Money
New York: Institute of Modern Russia; The Interpreter (2014), 44 pp.
"The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods. The Kremlin is increasing its “information war
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Four Facets of Critical News Literacy in a Non-Democratic Regime: How Young Russians Navigate Their News
European Journal of Communication, volume 29, issue 1 (2014), pp. 68-82
"Fuelled by the Arab Spring, the question of how the rise of internet-mediated communication affects authoritarian regimes has received unprecedented attention within the discipline of communications. However, in this debate, scholars have not yet turned to the concept of literacy and addressed the
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Freedom on the Net 2014. Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2014), 986 pp.
"Internet freedom around the world has declined for the fourth consecutive year, with a growing number of countries introducing online censorship and monitoring practices that are simultaneously more aggressive and more sophisticated in their targeting of individual users. In a departure from the pa
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Why do pluralistic media systems emerge? Comparing media change in the Czech Republic and in Russia after the collapse of communism
Global Media and Communication, volume 9, issue 3 (2013), pp. 239-256
"A quarter of a century after the collapse of communism in the former Eastern bloc, a wide range of scholarly projects have been undertaken to compare and theorize processes of media change in the region. One question that scholars have sought to address is: what were the factors that crucially impa
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State Aid for Newspapers: Theories, Cases, Actions
Heidelberg et al.: Springer (2013), xii, 402 pp.
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the print news media’s struggle for survival. It presents current practices concerning government subsidies to newspapers for political, economic, and socio-cultural purposes against the background of declining readersh
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