After the czars and commissars  journalism in authoritarian post-Soviet Central Asia /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Eric Freedman and Richard Shafer. 
 - East Lansing :  Michigan State University Press,  c2011. 
 - 299 p. 
 - Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series .
 - Eurasian political economy and public policy studies series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609172282 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Journalism--Asia, Central.<br/>Journalism--Political aspects--Asia, Central.<br/>Press and politics--Asia, Central.<br/>Government and the press--Asia, Central.<br/>Freedom of the press--Asia, Central.<br/>Mass media--Censorship--Asia, Central.<br/>Online journalism--Asia, Central.<br/>Cyberspace--Government policy--Asia, Central.<br/>Reporters and reporting--Asia, Central.<br/>Post-communism--Asia, Central.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN5449.C6  / A38 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>079/.58