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Contents 1 Theoretical Foundations for Researching the Roles of the Press in Today’s Central Asia | Eric Freedman PART 1 UNDER THE COMMISSARS 19 Soviet Foundations of the Post-Independence Press in Central Asia| Richard Shafer PART 2 NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 35 Oligarchs and Ownership: The Role of Financial-Industrial Groups in Controlling Kazakhstan’s “Independent” Media | Barbara Junisbai 59 Reinforcing Authoritarianism through Media Control: The Case of Post-Soviet Turkmenistan | Luca Anceschi 79 Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan as Presented in Vecherniy Bishkek: A Radical Islamist Organization through the Eyes of Kyrgyz Journalists | Irina Wolf 99 The Future of Internet Media in Uzbekistan: Transformation from State Censorship to Monitoring of Information Space since Independence| Zhanna Hördegen 123 Journalistic Self-Censorship and the Tajik Press in the Context of Central Asia | Peter Gross and Timothy Kenny PART 3 TRANSREGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 143 Loyalty in the New Authoritarian Model: Journalistic Rights and Duties in Central Asian Media Law | Olivia Allison 161 Ethnic Minorities and the Media in Central Asia| Olivier Ferrando 185 Journalists at Risk: The Human Impact of Press Constraints| Eric Freedman 199 International Broadcasting to Uzbekistan: Does It Still Matter?| Navbahor Imamova PART 4 JOURNALISM EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONALISM 217 Journalism Education and Professional Training in Kazakhstan: From the Soviet Era to Independence | Maureen J. Nemecek, Stan Ketterer, Galiya Ibrayeva, and Stanislav Los 233 Professionalism among Journalists in Kyrgyzstan| Gregory Pitts PART 5 NEW MEDIA, NEW FRONTIERS 247 Internet Libel Law and Freedom of Expression in Tajikistan| Kristine Kohlmeier and Navruz Nekbakhtshoev 263 Blogging Down the Dictator? The Kyrgyz Revolution and Samizdat Web Sites| Svetlana V. Kulikova and David D. Perlmutter 287 Conclusion: Through the Crystal Ball | Richard Shafer 295 Contributors ...

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