Russian media at the political crossroads: Why do they not stimulate democracy?
Russian media at the political crossroads: Why do they not stimulate democracy?

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the contemporary evolution of the Russian media and throws light on the problem of their subservience to the political forces in that country. It shows the main trends that now appear in the Russian landscape the media, and the consequences of this situation. The author seeks to demonstrate to what extent These effects are devastating for shaping civic priorities in Russia, and why there is a very unlikely to develop These democratic foundations - proclaimed in 1980-1990, but significantly weakened after 2000 - in the near future. The whole political background In modern Russia it looks very depressing also for morality a society distant from the everyday order of the media. Meanwhile, This image seems to be universal - at least partly - for understanding the state of the media in any country emerging from the totalitarian past and trying to anchor new rules of its existence.

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