After the Czars and Commissars : Journalism in Authoritarian Post-Soviet Central Asia.

Intro -- Contents -- Theoretical Foundations for Researching the Roles of the Press in Today's Central Asia | Eric Freedman -- Part 1: Under the Commissars -- Soviet Foundations of the Post-Independence Press in Central Asia | Richard Shafer -- Part 2: National Perspectives -- Oligarchs and Ownership: The Role of Financial-Industrial Groups in Controlling Kazakhstan's "Independent" Media | Barbara Junisbai -- Reinforcing Authoritarianism through Media Control: The Case of Post-Soviet Turkmenistan | Luca Anceschi -- Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan as Presented in Vecherniy Bishkek: A Radical Islamist Organization through the Eyes of Kyrgyz Journalists | Irina Wolf -- The Future of Internet Media in Uzbekistan: Transformation from State Censorship to Monitoring of Information Space since Independence | Zhanna Hördegen -- Journalistic Self-Censorship and the Tajik Press in the Context of Central Asia | Peter Gross and Timothy Kenny -- Part 3: Trans-Regional Perspectives -- Loyalty in the New Authoritarian Model: Journalistic Rights and Duties in Central Asian Media Law | Olivia Allison -- Ethnic Minorities and the Media in Central Asia | Olivier Ferrando -- Journalists at Risk: The Human Impact of Press Constraints | Eric Freedman -- International Broadcasting to Uzbekistan: Does It Still Matter? | Navbahor Imamova -- Part 4: Journalism Education and Professionalism -- Journalism Education and Professional Training in Kazakhstan: From the Soviet Era to Independence | Maureen J. Nemecek, Stan Ketterer, Galiya Ibrayeva, and Stanislav Los -- Professionalism among Journalists in Kyrgyzstan | Gregory Pitts -- Part 5: New Media, New Frontiers -- Internet Libel Law and Freedom of Expression in Tajikistan | Kristine Kohlmeier and Navruz Nekbakhtshoev.

Blogging Down the Dictator? The Kyrgyz Revolution and Samizdat Web Sites | Svetlana V. Kulikova and David D. Perlmutter -- Conclusion: Through the Crystal Ball | Richard Shafer -- Contributors.

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