“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 in | After Newspeak p. 166 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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United States
Cornell University Press
01.04.2014
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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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ISBN: | 9780801452628 0801452627 0801479266 9780801479267 |