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This book tracks the birth, development, and contemporary expansion of media and public relations research in post-socialist societies. Contributors illuminate the current state of the academic fields of communication and media studies and their pertinent explorations in several countries in East-Central Europe and Central Asia.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Public Relations and Political Communication
Chapter 1: Public Relations in Russia: Formation, Etatization, and Calcification
Sergei A. Samoilenko & Elina Erzikova
Chapter 2: Public Relations Education in Kazakhstan: Competency-Based Approach
Bagila Akhatova
Chapter 3: Political Communication in Croatia: The Critical Assessment of the Field
Marijana Grbeša & Domagoj Bebi¿
Chapter 4: Political Communication and the Public Sphere in Russia
Oleg Kashirskikh
Chapter 5: Relations with the Stranger: Government, Business, and Society in a Post-Soviet City
Olga Filatova, Elena Lebedeva, & Yuri Misnikov
Part II: Mass Media
Chapter 6: Communication and Media Studies in Hungary (1990 - 2020)
Gabriella Szabó
Chapter 7: The Impact of Political, Legal, and Economic Factors on Media Development in Russia (2000-2020)
Dmitry Strovsky
Chapter 8: The Influence of the Russian Media on the Kyrgyz Press
Elira Turdubaeva & Katja Lehtisaari
Chapter 9: Russian Media Studies in Transition
Elena Vartanova & Denis Dunas
Part III: The Internet and Social Media
Chapter 10: Social Media and Convergence in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
Andrej Školkay, Veronika Vighová, Igor Daniš, Gergö Hajzer, & Tomasz Anusiewic
Chapter 11: Linguistics 2.0: Internet Research in the post-Soviet Space
Olena Goroshko & Liudmyla Salionovych
Chapter 12: The Role of Internet User-Generated Content in Exposing Corruption and Ageism in Slovak Health Care
Marta N. Lukacovic, Deborah D. Sellnow-Richmond, & Monika ¿urechová
Conclusion: The Characteristics and Dynamics of Dialectical Tensions within Media, Public Relations, and Communication Studies in Post-Socialist Societies
About the Contributors
About the author
Edited by Maureen C. Minielli; Marta N. Lukacovic; Sergei A. Samoilenko and Michael R. Finch - With Deborrah Uecker - Contributions by Bagila Akhatova; Tomasz Anusiewicz; Domagoj Bebic; Igor Daniš; Denis Dunas; Monika Durechová; Elina Erzikova; Olga Filat
Summary
This book tracks the birth, development, and contemporary expansion of media and public relations research in post-socialist societies. Contributors illuminate the current state of the academic fields of communication and media studies and their pertinent explorations in several countries in East-Central Europe and Central Asia.
