Gelhbach, Scott ORCID: 0000-0002-9689-0145, Lokot, Tetyana ORCID: 0000-0002-2488-4045 and Shirikov, Anton ORCID: 0000-0002-8630-7956 (2022) The Russian media. In: Wengle, Susanne, (ed.) Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 390-407. ISBN 9781009165914
Abstract
From Gorbachev through Yeltsin to Putin, Russia’s media landscape has undergone profound change since the late 1980s. The centralized Soviet system of propaganda collapsed, to be replaced by freewheeling broadcast media that were not fully independent of the oligarchs who owned or controlled them. Vladimir Putin brought these media under his control after assuming the presidency in 2000, but for some time he was content to let information circulate in other arenas. That changed with his return to the presidency in 2012. Since then, and especially since widespread protests in 2011 and 2012, state control of the media has been consolidated and extended in various directions, most especially online. Under Putin, new media have emerged, but they too have been subjected to various sanctions and restrictions. The Russian state has for now perfected its control of the media, with uncertain conse- quences for the stability of Putin’s rule.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Russia, media, journalism, internet, censorship, propaganda |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Communication Social Sciences > Journalism Social Sciences > Mass media Social Sciences > Political science |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/ru... |
Copyright Information: | author accepted manuscripts can be deposited into institutional depositories six months after publication (publication was in October 2022). This version is the final-stage proof of the peer-reviewed author accepted manuscript. |
ID Code: | 28882 |
Deposited On: | 03 Apr 2024 11:02 by Tetyana Lokot . Last Modified 03 Apr 2024 11:06 |
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