Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World Market Forces, State Actors, and Political Manipulation in the Informational Environment after Communism

“Mass Media in the Post-Soviet World is a truly remarkable new collection of essays addressing one of the most important questions in the post-Communist space―the role of mass media. With contributions from some of the foremost experts, the essays offer a deep and subtle analysis of problems and opportunities in the media sphere. Moreover, while the essays recognize the important role of Russian media in general and television in particular, they range much more broadly across the Soviet space providing invaluable insight from around the region and from different media platforms. This is an exceptional collection that will be invaluable to anyone wanting to understand the politics and role of media in post-Soviet societies.”—Graeme Robertson, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"This book provides the best available analysis of the complexity of media ecologies in post-Soviet societies. Taking their analysis beyond the critique of the democratic deficit, contributors offer new insights into how a range of domestic and global factors converge to create new media models which combine governmental control with catering to diverse audiences."—Vera Tolz, Sir William Mather Professor of Russian Studies, the University of Manchester, author of Nation, Ethnicity and Race on Russian Television (Routledge, 2015)
"This edited volume is an interesting collection of compelling case studies and comparative analyses that offer a variety of interdisciplinary thoughts on how to understand the role of mass media in the post-Soviet world."—Europe-Asia Studies 71:5 (2019)