Central Asian post-independence media and communication industries, professional practices, education, persisting and evolving values, and traditions remain critically understudied with a notable scarcity of research and scholarly publications on the complex and increasingly changing communicative ecology landscape of this region. Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: An Anthology of Emerging and Contemporary Issues addresses this gap in literature by exploring, analyzing, and shedding light to the field, practice, research and critical inquiry of media and mass communication in four countries in Central Asia-Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. This book includes local authors as well as new and emerging researchers from this region to contextualize the issues explored and provide a supportive dialogue between different points of view.
Elira Turdubaeva is a visiting scholar at media and communications department at University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Evangelia Papoutsaki is associate professor at University of Central Asia.
List of Figures List of Tables Introduction: Mapping the Communicative Ecology of Central Asia Media: Emerging Trends and Persisting Issues Elira Turdubaeva and Evangelia Papoutsaki Part I - Identity, Media and Politics Chapter 1: Re-Orientalizing Central Asia: Role of Russian Media in Construction and Negotiation of Identity in Tajikistan Tahmina Inoyatova Chapter 2: The Evolution of State-Sponsored Television Series in Kazakhstan Berikbol Dukeyev Chapter 3: Efforts of Nation Branding in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan Venera Narinova Chapter 4: Media's Role in Political and Social Transformation in Central Asia Berdak Bayimbetov Chapter 5: Kyrgyzstan's News Media Discourses on Tribalism: 2009-2014 Elmurat Ashiraliev Part II - Issues: Gender, Religion, Environment, Migration, Activism Chapter 6: The Media Landscape in Three Central Asian Countries, and its Impact on Key Social and Behavioral Dimensions in the Region Tatiana Karabchuk, Aizhan Shomotova, and Glenn W. Muschert Chapter 7: Representation of Islam and Muslims in Kyrgyz Media Mukaram Toktogulova and Elira Turdubaeva Chapter 8: Gender and Media in Uzbekistan: Reproducing Gender Role Stereotypes Nozima Davletova Chapter 9: Environmental News Reporting in Kyrgyzstan: A Content Analysis of Kyrgyz Press Goekce Yogurtcu Chapter 10: Reporting on Migration and Representation of Migrants in Kazakh and Russian Media Marlan Negizbayeva Chapter 11: Community Media in Kyrgyzstan and their Role in Strengthening Remote Communities Agency Evangelia Papoutsaki and Elira Turdubaeva Part III - Digital and Social Media Chapter 12: Mapping Social Media in Kyrgyzstan Ahmed Al-Rawi, Tahmina Inoyatova, Elira Turdubaeva and Evangelia Papoutsaki Chapter 13: Social Media, Online Activism and Government Control in Kazakhstan Dila Baisembaeva, Evangelia Papoutsaki and Elena Kolesova Chapter 14: Mediated Public Diplomacy Targeting Kyrgyzstan Ahmed Al-Rawi, Joseph Nicolai, Tahmina Inoyatova, Elira Turdubaeva, Tolkun Bekturgan Kyzy and Evangelia Papoutsaki Index About the Contributors
