Emergence of the media system in Ukraine following the collapse of the USSR Cover Image

Формирование медиа системы Украины после распада СССР
Emergence of the media system in Ukraine following the collapse of the USSR

Author(s): Yuliia Nesteriak
Subject(s): Politics, Sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: media systems; Ukrainian mass media; media politics

Summary/Abstract: The main features and tendencies in the formation and development of the modem media system in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union are examined in the article. In particular, the factors influencing the transition from the Soviet model of the press to the model of polarized pluralism are analyzed. The author also identifies the conditions necessary for the stable and progressive development of the media system to emerge in Ukraine, which include the development of public broadcasting, guaranteeing the independence of the media in various dimensions, the development of media pluralism, the strengthening of the mechanisms of self-regulation of the media, raising standards and increasing the diversity of forms of journalist education.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 153-169
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English, Russian