Examines the role that television played in the struggle to create political pluralism in Russia
Preface to Revised and Enlarged Edition ix
Preface xi
Television: The Prize 3
Soviet Television Rulers and Their Empire 23
Closely Watched Targets: The Nightly News, the Military, and Lenin
52
Pushing the Envelope: Reforming from Within 65
Viewers and Voters: The First Competitive Elections and the Rise of
Alternative News 83
Television and Crisis: The End of Soviet Rule 98
Between Putsch and Revolt 109
Pictures, Parties, and Leaders: Television and Elections in the New
Russia 135
Room for Views: Television and the Play of Controversial Positions
190
The Media Market: Politics, Commerce, and Press Freedom 217
Television at War: Private Television News Under Fire 242
Changing Channels on the Most Powerful Medium 264
Afterword 274
Notes 305
Chronology 351
Index 355
Ellen Mickiewicz is James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy Studies and Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism at Duke University. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union.
"From the days when Leonid Brezhnev clung to power through the tumult of Mikhail Gorbachev and the election victories of Boris Yeltsin, Russian leaders have struggled over the control of television. In this fine and penetrating book, Ellen Mickiewicz traces those struggles and examines the larger question still ahead: whether a free and independent television can emerge that will bolster prospects for a stable, democratic nation. No one else has better captured this important saga."-David Gergen, Editor at Large, U.S. News & World Report "For those who care about Russia's stormy evolution from dictatorship to democracy, here is an important story-the first extensive account of the crucially important revolution in Moscow television since 1985."-Hedrick Smith, author of The New Russians "This book will enthral and enlighten its readers with its vivid revelations of political stratagems by politicians and journalists... This is a definitive study, based on lengthy interviews with the movers and shakers in the world of politics and television by a brilliant participant/observer of the momentous changes-in-the-making."-Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois at Chicago "An important and fascinating story, elegantly told by Ellen Mickiewicz."-Stephen Hess, author of International News & Foreign Correspondents "When Ellen Mickiewicz combines her years of on-scene experience, range of contacts, academic credentials, and writing skill to the subject of media power in Russia, the result makes must reading for anyone interested in today's Russian power struggle-or the central role of media control in every society."-Nicholas Johnson, former Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission "[A] deep and detailed look at a long and occasionally fatal obsession with television's power on the part of Russia's political leaders."-Ron Aldridge, Publisher & Editorial Director, Electronic Media "A riveting look at the political struggle f or control of television [in] the Soviet Union... The policy debates detailed in Changing Channels have universal application to our digital communications future. They are explained with skill and competence by an author who is intimately acquainted with both the issues and the people involved."-Bruce Christensen, former President and CEO of PBS "It is difficult to imagine a more fair and thorough chronicle of television's role in Russia's ongoing evolution."-Phil Kloer, TV critic, The Atlantic Journal-Constitution
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