Information Television in the Political Process of Post-Soviet Russia

In 1990s Russia, the evening news didn’t just cover politics—it practiced it.

Information Television in the Political Process of Post-Soviet Russia examines how Russian TV news evolved from a conduit of information into a political actor in its own right during the first decade after the USSR’s collapse. In this rigorous monograph, Sergey Konyashin maps the ways television helped shape new political institutions and publics—becoming a stage, a player, and at times the referee of national politics.

Through case studies that defined the era—coverage of the Chechen war (1994–1996), the 1996 presidential campaign and voluntary support for Boris Yeltsin, the “banking war” of 1997–1998, the 1999 Duma elections, and the NTV conflict of 2000–2001—Konyashin shows how TV crafted symbols, frames, and stereotypes that guided political behavior. The result is a portrait of a mediapolitical system in which televised information doesn’t merely reflect reality; it produces it.

Blending political science, sociology, and journalism studies, this book offers a foundational analysis for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Russian media-power dynamics—scholars, reporters, students of post-Soviet transformations, and readers interested in how mass media can become a fully-fledged political institution.

Nonfiction — Political & Social Science. First published by RSP (Moscow), 2016. 302 pages.

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The monograph summarizes and systematizes the most characteristic features of the political behavior of the biggest television media in Russia, as well as the place of television information in the process of the formation of Russian political actors and institutions in the first decade after…

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The monograph summarizes and systematizes the most characteristic features of the political behavior of the biggest television media in Russia, as well as the place of television information in the process of the formation of Russian political actors and institutions in the first decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union – the most important political period in the recent history of Russia, when the Russian information television acquired many well- recognized features of a political institution and since then has increasingly played the role of a fully-fledged political entity, significantly affecting the lives of the whole Russian society. The purpose of this book is to study and comprehend the place of television information in the process of formation of Russian political entities and institutions in the first decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union – perhaps the most politically important period in the history of Russia. At that time, Russian information television acquired many well-recognized features of a political institution and since then has increasingly acted as a full-fledged political subject, significantly influencing the life of the entire society.

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«Информационное телевидение в политическом процессе постсоветской России» – Сергей Сергеевич Коняшин | ЛитРес

Превратившись в мощный инструмент воздействия на массовое сознание, телевидение не раз демонстрировало свою способность оказывать решающее влияние на политический процесс. Данное исследование показыв…

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