eprintid: 10147711
rev_number: 9
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datestamp: 2022-05-04 14:44:41
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creators_name: Paskhalis, Tom
creators_name: Rosenfeld, Bryn
creators_name: Tertytchnaya, Katerina
title: Independent media under pressure: evidence from Russia
ispublished: inpress
divisions: C03
divisions: F30
divisions: B03
divisions: UCL
keywords: Independent media; electoral autocracies; text analysis; Russia
note: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
abstract: Existing literature recognizes growing threats to press freedom around the world and documents changes in the tools used to stifle the independent press. However, few studies investigate how independent media respond to state pressure in an autocracy, documenting the impact of tactics that stop short of shuttering alternatives to state media. Do independent outlets re-orient coverage to favor regime interests? Or does repression encourage more negative coverage of the regime instead? To shed light on these questions, we investigate how the abrupt removal of independent outlet TV Rain from Russian television providers influenced its coverage. We find that shortly after providers dropped TV Rain, the tone of its political coverage became more positive and its similarity with state-controlled Channel 1 increased. However, these effects were short-lived. Additional evidence suggests that subscription revenue contributed to the station’s resilience. These findings add to our understanding of media manipulation and authoritarian endurance.
date: 2022-05-02
date_type: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2022.2065840
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1952498
doi: 10.1080/1060586x.2022.2065840
lyricists_name: Tertytchnaya, Katerina
lyricists_id: KTERT61
actors_name: Tertytchnaya, Katerina
actors_id: KTERT61
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Post-Soviet Affairs
pagerange: 1-20
citation:        Paskhalis, Tom;    Rosenfeld, Bryn;    Tertytchnaya, Katerina;      (2022)    Independent media under pressure: evidence from Russia.                   Post-Soviet Affairs     pp. 1-20.    10.1080/1060586x.2022.2065840 <https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2022.2065840>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10147711/2/Tertytchnaya_Independent%20media%20under%20pressure%20evidence%20from%20Russia.pdf