Television, Power, and the Public in Russia

Ellen Mickiewicz is James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy Studies in the Sanford Institute for Public Policy and Professor of Political Science at Duke University. She is a leading authority on Russian news media, and her previous publications include Changing Channels: Television and the Struggle for Power in Russia (1997) and Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union (1988).

• 1. The missing term in the equation; 2. Detecting channels; 3. Election news and angry viewers; 4. Excavating concealed tradeoffs; 5. Soviet television – Russian memories; 6. Endings; 7. The other side of the screen.

'Television, Power, and the Public in Russia by Ellen Mickiewicz, a highly respected authority on the political role of television in Russia, provides surprising and significant insights into the gap separating the current Russian leadership from the Russian people.' Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies