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This essay investigates the relationship between habits of news consumption and geographical imaginations in Russia. It uses results from a survey of students at a Moscow university to demonstrate an association between the news sources used by respondents and their acceptance of the Russian authorities’ narrative about the West. Students who used at least one state-aligned news source were inclined to express greater agreement with the official (negative) narrative about the West than students who did not use any state-aligned news sources. However, some of the Russian authorities’ anti-Western claims resonated strongly even amongst the non-users of state-aligned sources. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An essay is presented on mass media and politics in Russia, focusing on the use of newer, Internet-based media versus traditional news media by Russians involved in the mass anti-government protests that took place in 2011-2012 as well as by those who participated in pro-government rallies. The authors cite media use surveys indicating complexity in the media use patterns of both pro- and anti-government protesters. Topics include the portrayal of Russian President Vladimir Putin in state-controlled television broadcasting; sociodemographic aspects of Internet adoption in Russia; and Putin's policies related to press freedom.

Examines developments in the Russian media from the end of 1991 up until the middle of 1995. Reality of media pluralism; Dependence of media freedom on the fate of Russian democracy; Factors militating for and against media pluralism during post-Soviet rule; Performance of the Russian media in the 1993 election campaign; Potential leverage of state television.