Mass media in the post-Soviet world : market forces, state actors, and political manipulation in the informational environment after communism

Table of Contents
Introduction: Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World
I. National Trends
	Politics of International Media Rankings
	Russia’s Nongovernmental Media under Assault
	Russia and the New Authoritarians
	Ukraine’s Media in the Context of Global Cultural Convergence
	Media in Post-Soviet Belarus: Between Democratization and Reinforcing Authoritarianism
	Mass Media Consumption in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan: The View from Below
	Networked Apathy: Georgian Party Politics and the Role of Social Media
II. Television
	Coercion or Conformism? Censorship and Self-Censorship among Russian Media Personalities and Reporters in the 2010s
	The \"Russian Idea\" on the Small Screen: Staging National Identity on Russia’s TV
	Peter the Great, Statism, and Axiological Continuity in Contemporary Russian Television
	In Search of Kazakhness: The Televisual Landscape and Screening of Nation in Kazakhstan
	Small Screen Nation-Building: Astana—My Love
III. Social Media
	Glasnost 2.0
	The Persistence of Media Control under Consolidated Authoritarianism: Containing Kazakhstan’s Digital Media
	Friends, Foes, and Facebook: Blocking the Internet in Tajikistan
	Youth Media Consumption and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
	Social Media and Online Public Debate in Central Asia: A Journalist’s Perspective