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Welcome to Anna Arutunyan's media blog. Because my book, the Media in Russia, goes through 2008 and early 2009, I want to use this as an opportunity to track media developments in Russia at what I think is a still pivotal point in history. The premise is that we still do not know where Russia's "fourth estate" is headed. We can only speculate, posting haphazard facts that point into this and that direction, much as in Russian politics. As such, I would like to focus not only on Russian journalism today, but on "second reality" as a generally powerful and unique force in Russia. A big part of this is political coverage, and I would like to track how journalists and media professionals - both in Russia and abroad - construct images of Russia's political space for domestic and foreign consumption.
As a journalist working in Russia consuming Russian-language media products, and occasionally writing in Russian, I think "translating" this second reality for those on the outside will be useful. For this reason, this blog will be predominantly in English.
As a journalist working in Russia consuming Russian-language media products, and occasionally writing in Russian, I think "translating" this second reality for those on the outside will be useful. For this reason, this blog will be predominantly in English.