Mass Media in Russia Timothy Lissovsky Overview

Mass Media in Russia Timothy Lissovsky

Overview • • • Popularity of different medias Television Press Radio Internet Conclusion

Media of Russia • The media of Russia is diverse, with a wide range of broadcast and print outlets are available to the consumer, offering all kinds of perspectives and catering for all tastes. • In total, there are 93, 000 media outlets in Russia, including 27, 000 newspapers and magazines and 330 television channels.

Popularity Internet access is widespread only in big cities, so the main source if information is still the TV Popularity of mass media in Russia 10% central television 30% 25% radio 90% Press Internet

Television in Russia • The most popular media • First introduced in 1931 • 330 channels in total, 3 nationwide (First Channel, Rossiya and NTV) • The above three channels have often came under criticism for being biased towards the United Russia party and the Presidential Administration of Russia.

State-owned channels

Most viewed channels

Russian press Unlike TV, some newspapers are independent. The main newspapers: • Komsomolskaya Pravda - mass circulation, left-leaning daily • Kommersant - daily, business-orientated • Moskovskij Komsomolets - popular daily • Izvestia - popular daily • Rossiyskaya Gazeta - government-owned daily • Nezavisimaya Gazeta - pro-opposition privately owned daily • Trud - left-leaning daily • Argumenty i Fakty - popular weekly • Novaya Gazeta - twice-weekly, known for its investigative journalism • Vedomosti • The Moscow Times - English-language daily • The Moscow News - English-language weekly

Russian radio There are three main nationwide radio stations in Russia: Radio Russia (coverage: 96. 9% of the population), Radio Mayak (92. 4%) and Radio Yunost (51. 0%). Although most radio stations focus on broadcasting music, they also offer some news and analysis. Especially famous is the independent station Echo of Moscow, known for its anti-government political programs.

Popularity of radio in Russia Radio Rossiya 11% Echo of Moscow 10% Russia Radio Europa Plus Shanson 7% 7% Nashe Radio Mayak Autoradio Retro Dinamite Yumor FM Others

Internet in Russia • Also called Runet • Started rapidly developing from 1991, after the fall of the USSR • Being hard to control, internet became the most popular place for political discussions and independent media.

Conclusion The development of the Internet has a significant effect on the Russian media. Slowly the amount of people who watch TV decrease, they start to read revealing articles about politicians and may change their views. There can be no doubt, that the future of Media in Russia and all over the world is strongly connected with the Internet.

Sources • The Problem with Russia’s Free Press Today Is on the Side of Demand Russia Profile • Coverage by TV broadcasting". Federal Statistics Service. 2008. • Coverage by radio broadcasting in 2008". Federal Statistics Service. 2008. • Treisman, Daniel (2011). The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev. Free Press. ISBN 9781 -4165 -6071 -5.