LEADER 05069nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910778943903321 005 20230725060053.0 010 $a1-60917-228-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087007 035 $a(EBL)1672290 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569778 035 $a(PQKB)10703039 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338229 035 $a(OCoLC)778436391 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18386 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338229 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527161 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087007 100 $a20101213d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfter the czars and commissars$b[electronic resource] $ejournalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia /$fedited by Eric Freedman and Richard Shafer 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aEurasian political economy and public policy studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61186-005-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTheoretical 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. 330 $a From Czarism and Bolshevism to the current post-communist era, the media in Central Asia has been tightly constrained. Though the governments in the region assert that a free press is permitted to operate, research has shown this to be untrue. In all five former Soviet republics of Central Asia, the media has been controlled, suppressed, punished, and often outlawed. This enlightening collection of essays investigates the reasons why these countries have failed to develop independent and sustainable press systems. It documents the complex relationship between the press and governance, 410 0$aEurasian political economy and public policy studies series. 606 $aJournalism$zAsia, Central 606 $aJournalism$xPolitical aspects$zAsia, Central 606 $aPress and politics$zAsia, Central 606 $aGovernment and the press$zAsia, Central 606 $aFreedom of the press$zAsia, Central 606 $aMass media$xCensorship$zAsia, Central 606 $aOnline journalism$zAsia, Central 606 $aCyberspace$xGovernment policy$zAsia, Central 606 $aReporters and reporting$zAsia, Central 606 $aPost-communism$zAsia, Central 615 0$aJournalism 615 0$aJournalism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPress and politics 615 0$aGovernment and the press 615 0$aFreedom of the press 615 0$aMass media$xCensorship 615 0$aOnline journalism 615 0$aCyberspace$xGovernment policy 615 0$aReporters and reporting 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a079/.58 701 $aFreedman$b Eric$01574621 701 $aShafer$b Richard$01574622 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778943903321 996 $aAfter the czars and commissars$93851000 997 $aUNINA