News Media and Power in Russia

Koltsova, Olessia

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“…The media were no longer subject to direct state control and financing, therefore opportunities for commercial financing, such as advertisement, were introduced. At present, the Russian broadcasting media still experience strong state influence, but primarily in terms of the news and political content, whereas entertainment, which has flourished during the last decade, is free from state supervision (Zassoursky, 2009;Koltsova, 2006). This censorship of content and news is, however, not conducted on the official level, but through oral instructions to journalists, personal meetings etc.…”

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“…Also the media analyst of Newsonomics, Ken Doctor, in a presentation at University of Helsinki 15.5.2012 presented sponsorships, events, conferences, services, new annuals, life stage, seasonal products, city guides, 3.0 custom reports and e-newsletters as new sources of revenue. On sponsorship as a source of revenues for the business model of media in the Russia, see Koltsova (2006). presenting ready conclusions, our ambition is, at this early stage, to systematically ground a series of questions that grow out of changes identified in earlier research.…”

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The earning days are over? Trends in transformation of journalisms in the Nordic countries and Russia – context and visions

Krivovyaz¹,

Strachal²,

Moring³

2012

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Based on a comparative look at media transformations that have emerged in the Nordic countries and Russia, this article questions a simplified concept of transition, i.e., an adaptation of the "East" to models from the "West". The transformation of media system(s) is global, although it takes different forms in different countries due to historical and political reasons. We focus on the conditions for maintaining journalistic work in light of emerging challenges to earlier models for economical sustainability. We find similar pressures towards transformations of the media sector in the Nordic countries and in Russia due to technological changes affecting work organization. We find fewer similarities in the transformation of intermedia competition. In the Nordic countries, adaptation to transformation is constrained by the journalists' maintenance of well-established professional values. In Russia, these constraints are less present, whereas there is a stronger focus on adaptation to economic and political constraints. Credibility claims would require the media in Russia to free itself from the control that evidently has come in with the ownership and sponsorship structures. Media in the Nordic countries meet the challenges of organizational reliability in a different way, but also in this context the news media are challenged to find a way to reliably cope with new forms of financing and new business models.

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The earning days are over? Trends in transformation of journalisms in the Nordic countries and Russia – context and visions

Krivovyaz¹,

Strachal²,

Moring³

2012

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“…Research focused on various aspects of their interactions (Hutchings, Rulyova & Beumers, 2009); the high level of governmental and informal business interference with media was characterized as a 'Euroasian media model ' (De Smaele, 1999) and ' a neo-authoritarian media system' (Becker, 2004); the influences of power on news production (Koltsova, 2001(Koltsova, , 2006; how politically-driven television dynamics (Hutchings & Rylyova, 2009) emerged; and the role of the Russian media in the making of a new political system in the country (Oates, 2006). Mickiewicz also explored Russian media change emphasizing various aspects of industrial restructuring and media consumption (Mickiewicz, 1999(Mickiewicz, , 2001(Mickiewicz, , 2008.…”

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The Russian Media Industry in Ten Years: Industrial Forecasts

Вартанова¹,

Vyrkovsky

Makeenko³

et al. 2016

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture

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This article presents the results of the first stage of the foresight research project initiated by the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The investigation was based on 49 in-depth semi-structured interviews with media managers and experts and has revealed that the Russian media system in the next ten years is unlikely to fundamentally change. According to the findings of the research the basic business model in Russia in the next ten years will remain the advertising-driven model. At the same time the level of customization of media content will rapidly increase. The experts believe that development of solutions for non-linear consumption of TV content, spread of mobile applications, hybridization of different types of content will be amongst the most powerful trends. The majority of interviewed experts confirmed that two factors are likely to sustain the significant level of uncertainty in the media system of Russia; firstly, new practices of media consumption, and secondly the probability that the business model may shift.

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“…While there are some very important exceptions (Downing, 1996;Koltsova, 2006;Reading, 2003;Splichal 1994;Zhao, 1998) the mainstream clearly argues that the key criterion to observe are the extent to which the media in post-communist countries have evolved towards a state similar to that prevailing in North America or Western Europe (for example, Gross, 2002;Jakubowicz, 2003a;Mickiewicz, 1999). In other words, the really-existing media of different countries are measured against what has come to be known as the ''liberal model'' (Hallin & Mancini, 2004).…”

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Media systems in transition: Poland, Russia, China

Sparks

2008

Chinese Journal of Communication

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News Media and Power in Russia

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The earning days are over? Trends in transformation of journalisms in the Nordic countries and Russia – context and visions

The earning days are over? Trends in transformation of journalisms in the Nordic countries and Russia – context and visions

The Russian Media Industry in Ten Years: Industrial Forecasts

Media systems in transition: Poland, Russia, China

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