...Miguel Vázquez-Liñán This paper explores the hegemonic discourse on historical memory in contemporary Russia, in addition to its political implications. Furthermore, the role played by the Russian media system in the dissemination of the memory discourse endorsed by the Kremlin, and its impact...

...Joanna Szostek This article investigates Russian media influence in Belarus during the second half of 2010, when an “information war” broke out between Moscow and Minsk. Samples of news content are analysed to reveal the varying portrayals of Russia generated by leading broadcasters and publishers...

... “scripted,” observed and controlled media and conveyances—over private ones. This emphasis was substantially grounded in obsessive political security concerns among communist regimes. The performance of Post-Communist states indicates a significant shift toward the patterns of non-communist Western Europe...

... media and public opinion in Slovenia * Corresponding author. Fax: +386-1-580-5109. E-mail address : [email protected] (Z. Šabič). © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California...