Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media

by Brian McNair

The reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev have brought tumultuous change to political, social and economic life in the Soviet Union. But how have these changes affected Soviet press and television reporting? Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media examines the changing role of Soviet journalism from its theoretical origins in the writings of Marx and Lenin to the new freedoms of the Gorbachev era. The book includes detailed analysis of contemporary Soviet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415035511
• ISBN13: 9780415035514
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary