Media for the Russian language minorities: The role of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) in 1990-2012 Cover Image

Media for the Russian language minorities: The role of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) in 1990-2012
Media for the Russian language minorities: The role of the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) in 1990-2012

Author(s): Andres Jõesaar, Salme Rannu, Maria Jufereva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: public service broadcasting; Russian language media; media for minorities; Estonia

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at exploring the ways in which Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) tackles one specific media service sphere; how television programmes for Russian language minorities are created in a small country. For that task development of the whole Estonian media landscape must be overviewed. By referring to McQuail?s (2010) theoretical framework of media institutions? influencers, this article investigates how media policy, economic conditions and technology have influenced these processes. The article gives an insight into the development of Russian language media in such a small media market as Estonia.

  • Issue Year: 7/2014
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 253-272
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: English