The Media and Democracy in Russia

Abstract

This thesis considers the evolution of the Russian media and assesses the decrease in media freedom and its effect on Russian democracy. The Russian media has lost most of its freedom and ability to report critically over the last five years. Although there are Russian laws that are supposed to protect the freedom of the media, those have not been enforced. In addition, over the last five years a number of reforms have occurred that have removed some of those freedoms. These include laws that restrict coverage of elections, terror events and the Chechen region. The lack of freedom has resulted in the inability for the media to serve their purpose in civil society. This has contributed to civil society's lack of ability to ensure that Russia's government remains democratic. If present trends continue the future does not look good for Russian democracy or the freedom of Russia's media.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435484

Entities

People

  • Kendra M. Deppe

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Civil Rights
  • Elections
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Judiciary
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Societies
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Journalism and Media Studies.
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Strategic Security Studies