TY - JOUR

T1 - Local dimensions of media freedom

T2 - A comparative analysis of news media landscapes in 33 Russian regions

AU - Litvinenko, Anna

AU - Nigmatullina, Kamilla

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Heldref Publications. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/6

Y1 - 2020/6

N2 - This study explores the local media landscapes of present-day Russia by comparing 33 carefully selected regions. It adopts the theoretical approach to analyzing publics under authoritarianism suggested by Toepfl (2018) and analyzes the leading mediated publics in these regions along three dimensions: (1) environments; (2) participants; and (3) discursive practices (with a focus on the level of political criticism tolerated by the publics). In big cities, leadership-critical publics are visible in online news media, while the media of small towns experience tighter state control. VK news groups and Instagram accounts play a significant role in the media landscapes of all the regions studied.

AB - This study explores the local media landscapes of present-day Russia by comparing 33 carefully selected regions. It adopts the theoretical approach to analyzing publics under authoritarianism suggested by Toepfl (2018) and analyzes the leading mediated publics in these regions along three dimensions: (1) environments; (2) participants; and (3) discursive practices (with a focus on the level of political criticism tolerated by the publics). In big cities, leadership-critical publics are visible in online news media, while the media of small towns experience tighter state control. VK news groups and Instagram accounts play a significant role in the media landscapes of all the regions studied.

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M3 - Article

VL - 28

SP - 393

EP - 418

JO - Demokratizatsiya

JF - Demokratizatsiya

SN - 1074-6846

IS - 3

ER -