“Cyber Curtain” or Glasnost 2.0? Strategies for Web-based Communication in the New Media Age

On 15 December 2011, then–Prime Minister Putin staged his tenth annual meeting with the Russian nation, newly dubbed “Conversation with Vladimir Putin.” His first three meetings since assuming the premier-ship had largely followed the script of the earlier “Direct Lines”: they too were marathon, mul...

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Published inAfter Newspeak p. 166
Main Author Gorham, Michael S
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cornell University Press 01.04.2014
Subjects
Applied sciences
Communication systems
Communications technology
Comparative politics
Digital communication systems
Glasnost
Government
Government bureaucracy
Internet
Political activism
Political change
Political elections
Political organizations
Political parties
Political processes
Political protests
Political reform
Political science
Political sociology
Politics
Public administration
Russian politics
Social & cultural anthropology
Social media
Technology
Websites
World Wide Web
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Summary:On 15 December 2011, then–Prime Minister Putin staged his tenth annual meeting with the Russian nation, newly dubbed “Conversation with Vladimir Putin.” His first three meetings since assuming the premier-ship had largely followed the script of the earlier “Direct Lines”: they too were marathon, multimedia displays of competence and supreme authority afforded by friendly journalists, prepared questions, and links to live audiences across the nation.¹ Viewers who tuned into the 2011 edition, however, witnessed something notably different. Superficially, the format looked similar, with a live audience in a Moscow studio, the “call center” logging questions by phone, texting, and
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