03845nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10527161 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 101213s2011 miu sb 000 0 eng d 2010052157 9781611860054 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781609172282 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)778436391 ac----- PN5449.C6 A38 2011eb 079/.58 22 After the czars and commissars [electronic resource] : journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia / edited by Eric Freedman and Richard Shafer. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2011. 299 p. Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series Includes bibliographical references. Theoretical foundations for researching the roles of the press in today's Central Asia / Eric Freedman -- Under the commissars. Soviet foundations of the post-independence press in Central Asia / Richard Shafer -- National perspectives. Oligarchs and ownership: the role of financial-industrial groups in controlling Kazakhstan's "independent" media / Barbara Junisbai -- Reinforcing authoritarianism through media control: the case of post-Soviet Turkmenistan / Luca Anceschi -- Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan as presented in Vecherniy Bishkek: a radical Islamist organization through the eyes of Kyrgyz journalists / Irina Wolf -- The future of Internet media in Uzbekistan: transformation from state censorship to monitoring of information space since independence / Zhanna Kozhamberdiyeva -- Journalistic self-censorship and the Tajik press in the context of Central Asia / Peter Gross and Timothy Kenny -- Trans-regional perspectives. Loyalty in the new authoritarian model: journalistic rights and duties in Central Asian Media Law / Olivia Allison -- Ethnic minorities and the media in Central Asia / Olivier Ferrando -- Journalists at risk: the human impact of press constraints / Eric Freedman -- International broadcasting to Uzbekistan: does it still matter? / Navbahor Imamova -- Journalism education and professionalism. Journalism education and professional training in Kazakhstan: from the Soviet era to Independence / Maureen J. Nemecek, Stan Ketterer, Galiya Ibrayeva, and Stanislav Los -- Professionalism among journalists in Kyrgyzstan / Gregory Pitts -- New media, new frontiers. Internet libel law and freedom of expression in Tajikistan / Kristine Kohlmeier and Navruz Nekbakhtshoev -- Blogging down the dictator? the Kyrgyz revolution and Samizdat web sites / Svetlana V. Kulikova and David D. Perlmutter -- Conclusion: through the crystal ball / Richard Shafer. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Journalism Asia, Central. Journalism Political aspects Asia, Central. Press and politics Asia, Central. Government and the press Asia, Central. Freedom of the press Asia, Central. Mass media Censorship Asia, Central. Online journalism Asia, Central. Cyberspace Government policy Asia, Central. Reporters and reporting Asia, Central. Post-communism Asia, Central. Electronic books. local Freedman, Eric. Shafer, Richard. ebrary, Inc. Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10527161 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 240464 240464