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instrumentalisation of mass media in electoral authoritarian regimes
evidence from Russia's presidential election campaigns of 2000 and 2008
viii, 283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Introduction -- Hybrid regimes : types and measurements -- Introduction -- The debate on hybrid regimes -- Types and concepts -- Regime typologies -- Issues of operationalisation -- Electoral authoritarian regimes -- Conclusions -- Electoral manipulations -- Introduction -- Defining electoral manipulation -- Types of manipulation strategies -- Measuring electoral misconduct -- Electoral malpractice in competitive authoritarian regimes -- Conclusions -- Instrumentalisation of the media -- Introduction -- Media effects debate -- Models of media effects : agenda setting, framing, priming -- Media bias -- Model : elections and the media in electoral autocracies -- Conclusions -- Strategies of media manipulation : the case of Russia -- Introduction -- Research design -- Literature review -- Mechanisms of influence -- Journalists' reporting practices -- Trust in the media -- Conclusions -- Analysis of news content : presidential election campaigns 2000 and 2008 -- Introduction -- Research design -- Content analysis -- Presidential elections of 2000 -- Presidential elections of 2008 -- Discussion : drawing comparisons -- Conclusions -- Conclusions -- References -- Popular online media in Russia, 2008 -- Selected media outlets, Russia -- Names and brief description of the candidates -- Election results, 2000 -- Topics most frequently appearing on TV news -- Topics and their frequencty by media outlet, 2000 -- Names and brief description of the candidates, 2008 -- Election results, 2008 -- Topics and their frequency by media outlet, 2008 -- Framing across media types and outlets -- Number of times each candidate was mentioned in the media, 2000 -- Number of times each candidate was mentioned in the media, 2008 -- Effects of media manipulations on news content -- Conclusions -- Media manipulation in competitive vs. hegemonic regimes -- Content bias in competitive vs. hegemonic regimes -- References.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283).
Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society