Russia's Liberal Media: Handcuffed But Free

By Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova

Book Overview

This book examines the challenges and pressures liberal journalists face in Putin's Russia. It presents the findings of an in-depth qualitative study, which included ethnographic observations of editorial meetings during the conflict in Ukraine. It also provides a theoretical framework for evaluating the Russian media system and a historical overview of the development of liberal media in the country. The book focuses on some of Russia's most influential liberal national news outlets: "the deadliest" newspaper Novaya Gazeta, "Russia's last independent radio station" Radio Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvy) and US Congress-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The fieldwork included ethnographic observations of editorial meetings, long interviews with editors and journalists as well as documentary analysis. The monograph makes theoretical contributions to three main areas: 1. Media systems and terms of reference. 2. Journalism: cultures, role conceptions, and relationship with power, culture and society. 3. Mediatisation of conflict and nationhood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367592002
• ISBN13: 9780367592004
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"