Television and Presidential Power in Putin''s Russia

Zusatztext "Relying on interviews and content analysis! Burrett painstakingly details how Russian television changed over time... the book is a detailed and sophisticated analysis of political communication under Putin in Russia. Recommended [for]Upper-division undergraduates and above." - L. J. Roselle! Elon University"This is a very detailed book! exploring chronologically the role of media and television from 2000 to 2008 and demonstrating how Putin managed to right the distressed ship of the Russian Duma and presidential elections... Burrett insightfully address[es] the fundamental ambiguities at the heart of Putin's effort to consolidate Russian state power." - Hessam Vaez-Zadeh! University of Tehran; SEER! 90! 1! January 2012'This book will surely establish itself as a major point of reference for scholars and students of Russian media and society! and of the politics of postcommunist transition.' - Stephen Hutchings! University of Manchester; Slavic Review! vol. 72! no. 3 (Fall 2013). Informationen zum Autor Tina Burrett is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Temple University in Tokyo, Japan. Klappentext As a new president takes power in Russia, this book provides an analysis of the changing relationship between control of Russian television media and presidential power during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin. It argues that the conflicts within Russia's political and economic elites, and President Putin's attempts to rebuild the Russian state after its fragmentation during the Yeltsin administration, are the most significant causes of changes in Russian media. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of the changing relationship between Russian television and the presidency during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Covering the President: An Introduction 2. Television and the 2000 Presidential Election 3. Elite Conflict and the End of Independent Television 4. Controlling the News Agenda 5. National Television and the 2003 State Duma Election: Coverage of the Candidates, Corruption and Khodorkovsky 6. Securing the System and a Second Term: Television Coverage 2004 Russian Presidential Election 7. Television in Putin's Second Term ...

Product details

• Authors: Tina Burrett, Tina (Hosei University Burrett, Tina (Temple University Burrett, Burrett Tina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780415561822
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56182-2
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies; BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, Radio & television industry, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), Film, TV and Radio industries, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General