After the Czars and Commissars: Journalism in Authoritarian Post-Soviet Central Asia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611860054)

From Czarism and Bolshevism to the current post-communist era, the media in Central Asia has been tightly constrained. Though the governments in the region assert that a free press is permitted to operate, research has shown this to be untrue. In all five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the media has been controlled, suppressed, punished, and often outlawed. This enlightening collection of essays investigates the reasons why these countries have failed to develop independent and sustainable press systems. It documents the complex relationship between the press and governance, nation-building, national identity, and public policy. In this book, scholars explore the numerous and broad-reaching implications of media control in a variety of contexts, touching on topics such as Internet regulation and censorship, press rights abuses, professional journalism standards and self-censorship, media ownership, ethnic newspapers, blogging, Western broadcasting into the region, and coverage of terrorism.

Author: Eric Freedman
ISBN-10: 1611860059
ISBN-13: 9781611860054
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2011
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2012
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 184