Losing Pravda

Ethics and The Press in Post-Truth Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID23399447
AuthorsNatalia Roudakova (University of California San Diego, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-09-28
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLosing Pravda (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781316817117
OpenAlexW2754252177
Open LibraryOL34714726M
ISBN9781316817117
LanguageEN
Citations received112

What happens when journalism is made superfluous? Combining ethnography, media analysis, moral and political theory this book examines the unravelling of professional journalism in Russia over the past twenty-five years, and its effects on society. It argues that, contrary to widespread assumptions, late Soviet-era journalists shared a cultural contract with their audiences, which ensured that their work was guided by a truth-telling ethic. Post-communist economic and political upheaval led not so much to greater press freedom as to the de-professionalization of journalism, as journalists found themselves having to monetize their truth-seeking skills. This has culminated in a perception of journalists as political prostitutes, or members of the 'second oldest profession', as they are commonly termed in Russia. Roudakova argues that this cultural shift has fundamentally eroded the value of truth-seeking and telling in Russian society.

Communism · Ethnography · Freedom of the press · Journalism · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Professionalization · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Censorship · Einflussnahme · Falschmeldung · Government and the press · Journalists · Kommerzialisierung · Mass media · Online journalism · Political aspects · Politische Berichterstattung · Politische Kultur · Post-communism · Press and politics · Pressefreiheit · Reporters and reporting · Russia · Social aspects · Social conditions

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