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[Commlist] new book: Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: An anthology of emerging,and contemporary issues

Wed Feb 08 18:06:16 GMT 2023



"Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: An anthology of emerging
and contemporary issues", Lexington Books
Edited by Elira Turbubaeva and Evangelia Papoutsaki
(https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793633484?fbclid=IwAR0zpkp4gNIhggSAtu9zYz7Mcyi0zpG329C-nZtR-_TttTVVoRBkT4bzCP0 <https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793633484?fbclid=IwAR0zpkp4gNIhggSAtu9zYz7Mcyi0zpG329C-nZtR-_TttTVVoRBkT4bzCP0>)

Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable scarcity of research and scholarly publications on the complex and increasingly changing communicative ecology landscape of this region.Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: An Anthology of Emerging and Contemporary Issuesaddresses this gap in literature by exploring, analyzing, and shedding light to the field, practice, research and critical inquiry of media and mass communication in four countries in Central Asia—Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. This book includes local authors as well as new and emerging researchers from this region to contextualize the issues explored and provide a supportive dialogue between different points of view.

“This book incisively explores the close interconnections between Central Asia’s multiple media landscapes and pressing issues that face the region, including violent extremism, labor migration, sex and gender identity, climate change and the environment, and the heavy influence of Russian media. It examines the rapidly changing persona of Central Asian media and journalism in the context of the public’s expanding access to social media, the persistence of post-Soviet authoritarianism, traditional cultural and societal values, and constraints on freedom of expression.”— Eric Freedman, Michigan State University

“This ground-breaking book is the fruit of a remarkable collaboration between many scholars. The book is a touchstone for students and scholars in media studies and the broader research community that seeks to understand the drivers of social processes in the region.”—Bohdan Krawchenko, University of Central Asia

This book fills a gap in research on the media, provides rich material on statistics, trends in terms of capacity of media, freedom of expression, and countries development priorities. For the first time an overview of curricula in the context of evolving digital technologies is made. The topic of gender and media runs through the publication, in addition to being investigated separately. The limitations around media studies and freedom of expression in the region are worth exploring on their own. This book will be of interest to media researchers, policy makers, journalism universities, and management professionals. I gladly recommend it for reading.Sergey Karpov, communication and information specialist, UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asiais an all-encompassing volume that offers new perspectives on social, political, and economic developments in the region. The contributions provide insights by scholars from Central Asia who skillfully combine their academic knowledge and personal ties with the area. Highly recommended. - Erica Marat National Defence University

Hardback: ISBN 978-1-7936-3348-4 Feb 2023 Regular price: $125.00, £96.00 After discount: $87.50, £67.20 ebook: ISBN 978-1-7936-3349-1 Feb 2023 Regular price: $50.00, £38.00 After discount: $35.00, £26.60

*eBooks can only be ordered online.
Special 30% Discount offer: to get a discount, use code LXFANDF30


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