Lexington Books, 2021. — 274 p. — (Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity). — ISBN 1793607362, 9781793607362.
Media and Public Relations Research in Post-Socialist Societies tracks the birth, development, and contemporary expansion of communication research, with a focus on public relations and media research in post-socialist societies. This collection illuminates the current state of media and communication studies in Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Central Asia. Contributors discuss and demonstrate various issues of disciplinary roots and tensions, institutional constraints, study development, and contemporary status. This book also illustrates diverse types of traditional and contemporary communication studies from humanities and social science perspectives, ranging from linguistics to health communication. This collection focuses on both traditional and modern scholarship that has arisen due to international scholarly efforts, the advent of technology, and national research interests. Readers will have the opportunity to intellectually discuss the conceptual, theoretical, and practical issues that have occurred within the past twenty years regarding public relations, mass communication, and media studies in post-socialist societies. The analyses in this book lead readers to consider potential resolutions to some of the current dialectical tensions that are affecting post-socialist communication studies and contemplate how reflecting on these tensions informs the broader field of communication worldwide.
Public Relations and Political CommunicationPublic Relations in Russia
Public Relations Education in Kazakhstan
Political Communication in Croatia
Political Communication and the Public Sphere in Russia
Relations with the Stranger
Mass MediaCommunication and Media Studies in Hungary (1990–2020)
The Impact of Political, Legal, and Economic Factors on Media Development in Russia (2000–2020)
The Influence of the Russian Media on the Kyrgyz Press
Russian Media Studies in Transition
The Internet and Social MediaSocial Media and Convergence in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia
Linguistics 2.0
The Role of Internet-User-Generated Content in Exposing Corruption and Ageism in Slovak Health Care
Conclusion: The Characteristics and Dynamics of Dialectical Tensions within Media, Public Relations, and Communication Studies in Post-Socialist Societies