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Zusatztext Ellen Mickiewicz's timely book! Changing Channels! is a chastening reminder that! seven years ago! Mikhail Gorbachev and his Central Committee advisers had virtually no understanding of the century's most powerful medium. Informationen zum Autor Ellen Mickiewicz is the James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy Studies and Director of the De Witt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism at Duke University. Her many books include the award-winning Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union (1988) and Media and the Russian Republic (1981). She was the first American to be honored by the Journalists Union of Russia for her contribution to democratic media in the region. Klappentext 'Television saved Russia, ' the Russian president said. Changing Channels vividly recreates this exciting time, as television both helped and hindered the Russian nation's struggle to create a new democracy. Zusammenfassung This book is a close examination of the role of television in the political transition from communism to democracy in Russia. Based on first-hand interviews and extensive field research, this is a very timely, riveting book that sheds much light not only on the Russian political landscape, but also on the role of television in politics.
