Russian Regional Journalism: Struggle and Survival in the Heartland

Author:   Elina Erzikova ,  Wilson Lowrey
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
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9781433171345


Pages:   204
Publication Date:   11 November 2020
Format:   Paperback
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"Russian Regional Journalism: Struggle and Survival in the Heartland takes an intimate look at the enormous challenges and small victories experienced by local Russian journalists across the post-perestroika and Putin eras. The book examines 13 years of journalists’ struggles for independence and meaning as they weigh their professional goals and community obligations against their growing dependence on local elite. Russia’s sub-national levels—its provinces and communities—remain understudied but important. Local newspapers are the only means by which news reaches many rural Russians, and Russia’s ""heartland"" regions are a significant source of support for the current national regime. The book contributes importantly to our understanding of Russian journalism, and to our understanding of local journalism generally, an increasingly vulnerable institution in countries around the world. Russian Regional Journalism seeks answers to a number of questions: How do challenging political-economic environments constrain and guide the ways Russian journalists imagine their roles and do their work? Can journalists represent their regions in meaningful, distinct ways, and are they seeking autonomy or mere survival? How does local Russian journalism fit within the global context of local journalism? Russian Regional Journalism will serve as a valuable companion text for senior-level or graduate courses on Russian media and culture, global media, local journalism, media production, and media sociology. The book will also be of value to anyone interested in journalism’s ongoing challenges in a diverse, changing world."

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Author:   Elina Erzikova ,  Wilson Lowrey
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.309kg
ISBN:  

9781433171345


ISBN 10:   1433171341
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   11 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments – Section I: Russian Regional Journalism and Its Contexts – Introduction – Russia’s Regions and Regional Journalism: The Current Context – Local Russian Journalism as a Social Space: Field and Ecology Perspectives – Findings: The Three Regions, Their Journalism, Journalists and Communities – Russian Regional Journalism and Its Environments – Regional Journalists: Scarcity, Divisiveness and Persistence – Russian Regional Journalists in a Digital Era – Journalists’ Shifting, Versatile Roles – Cracks in the System: Journalists’ Pursuit of Autonomy – Conclusions: Daunting Challenges and Ways Forward – Methodology – Index.

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Elina Erzikova is Professor of Public Relations at Central Michigan University, U.S. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, U.S. She is a Fellow of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama and has published in a variety of scholarly journals. Wilson Lowrey is Professor and Reese Phifer Fellow at the University of Alabama, U.S. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, U.S. He is co-editor of Changing the News: The Forces Shaping Journalism in Uncertain Times and co-author of Media Management: A Casebook Approach.

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