Russia’s Media Imperialism
(Co-authored with Christopher Walker) The repressive “bloggers law” signed by President Vladimir V. Putin on May 6 says a good deal about the troubling decline of free expression in Russia.…
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The Role of Authoritarian State-Run Media
(Event Video) Despite the rapid rise of the Internet and social media, governments in places as diverse as China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and Iran are finding stubbornly effective ways…
As Russia Prepares for Protests, New Media Battle the Old
(Freedom House) Writing on the revolutions of Central Europe in the New York Review of Books two decades ago, scholar Timothy Garton Ash made the observation that “the crucial medium…