 | Russia's Liberal Media: Handcuffed but Free Subjects: Area Studies; Communication Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Mass Communication; Media & Film Studies; Politics & the Media; European Politics; Media & Communications; Journalism & Professional Media; Russian & Soviet Politics; 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. Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova is a Senior Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is the author of Global Journalism: An Introduction (with Michael Bromley, 2018). |
