Media Regulation in Russia: Changes in Media Policy under Transformation of Social Practices

For citation: Gureeva A.N., Samorodova .E.V. (2019) Mediaregulirovanie v Rossii: izmenenija mediapolitiki v uslovijah transformacii obshhestvennyh praktik [Media Regulation in Russia: Changes in Media Policy under Transformation of Social Practices]. Mediaskop4. (in Russian). Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2596

DOI: 10.30547/mediascope.4.2019.10

© Anna N. Gureeva

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), gureevaan@gmail.com

© Elina V. Samorodova

Research scientist at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), elina_samorodova@mail.ru

Abstract

In this research, to determine the current state of Russian media policy, we used the method of frequency analysis of texts of the legislative framework, content analysis of documents regulating the Russian media industry, expert interviews, as well as a comparative analysis of the activities of state and self-regulatory media, the time period of 1991-2019. The obtained data allowed us to determine the main levels of modern media regulation in Russia and highlight their features, formulate the main problems of state media policy and possible directions for improvement both at the level of legislative regulation, and among professional communities and at the level of public influence.

Keywords: media policy, media regulation, state media regulation, self-regulation of media, legislation

Notes

Federal'nyj zakon «O federal'nom bjudzhete na 2019 god i na planovyj period 2020 i 2021 godov» ot 29.11.2018 N 459-FZ. [Federal 'Budget Act for 2019 and target period of 2020 and 2021' from 29.11.2018 N 459-FZ. Available at:  http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_312362/

Itogovyj analiticheskij doklad o sozdanii i dejatel'nosti Soveta po informacionnym sporam v Rostovskoj oblasti [Final analytical report on establishment and functioning of the Information debates Board in Rostov Region]. Available at:  http://www.medialaw.ru/selfreg/9/6.htm

Komissija po razvitiju informacionnogo soobshhestva, SMI i massovyh kommunikacij Obshhestvennoj palaty RF [Commission on development of the information community, media and mass communications of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation]. Available at: https://www.oprf.ru/about/structure/comissions/comissions2017/1350

Levin L.L. Deputat Gosudarstvennoj Dumy [State Duma Deputy]. Available at:  http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99111880/news/

Obshhestvennaja kollegija po zhalobam na pressu [Public Board on complaints about the press]. Available at:  http://www.presscouncil.ru

Oficial'nyj sajt Mezhdunarodnoj federacii zhurnalistov [Official site of the International Journalists` Federation]. Available at: Режим доступа: https://www.ifj.org

Reshenija Bol'shogo zhjuri sojuza zhurnalistov [Decisions of the Grand Jury of the Union of journalists]. Available at:  https://presscouncil.ru/praktika/kejsy-partnerov/resheniya-bolshogo-zhyuri-soyuza-zhurnalistov-rossii

Ustav Sojuza zhurnalistov Rossii [Statute of the Russian Union of Journalists]. Available at:  http://www.ruj.ru/about_organization/charter/

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