Media and Public Relations Research in Post-Socialist Societies, published by Lexington Books in March 2021, tracks the birth, development, and contemporary expansion of communication research, with a focus on public relations and media research in post-socialist societies.
TaRC member, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Tampere University, Katja Lehtisaari has co-written with Elira Turdubaeva a chapter on the influence of the Russian media in Kyrgyz press for this volume. The chapter discusses how the popularity of Russian media in Kyrgyzstan can be explained by close economic and political ties between the two countries.
Overall, the collection illuminates the current state of media and communication studies in Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Central Asia. Contributors discuss and demonstrate various issues of disciplinary roots and tensions, institutional constraints, study development, and contemporary status. This book also illustrates diverse types of traditional and contemporary communication studies from humanities and social science perspectives, ranging from linguistics to health communication.
Congratulations to Katja on a publication in a timely volume!