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

"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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