TY - BOOK AU - Hutchings,Stephen C. AU - Tolz,Vera TI - Nation, ethnicity and race on Russian television: mediating post-Soviet difference T2 - BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies SN - 1138853283 AV - PN1992.3.R8 H877 2015 U1 - 302.23/450947 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Ethnicity on television KW - Race relations on television KW - Television and politics KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Television broadcasting KW - Social aspects N1 - Russia, one of the most ethno-culturally diverse countries in the world, provides a rich case study on how globalisation and associated international trends are disrupting, and causing the radical rethinking of approaches to, inter-ethnic cohesion. The book highlights the importance of television broadcasting in shaping national discourse and the place of ethno-cultural diversity within it. It argues that te; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index; Introduction: A clash of two Russias, a tale of two cities -- Television and nationhood: the broader context -- Mapping an uncertain terrain: an overview of the corpus -- Re-inventing Russia in television news commemorations of the 'day of national unity': mediation as fracture -- Ethnic conflict and television news coverage of the December 2010 Moscow riots: managing the unexpected -- Re-working Russian diversity: the 'marginal' role of television fiction -- Transcending marginality: ethnicity, identity and religion on Vesti-Buriatiia -- (Un)covering alterity: television, the 2012 presidential elections and the ethnic underside of Russian political discourse -- An unholy scandal: profanity, abjection and the production of Russian-ness in the 'punk prayer' affair -- 'There is war on our streets ... ': the 'national question' and migration on state-aligned television after the 2012 presidential elections -- Conclusion: Difference in the balance UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/106rbbOLTBm0Os8-2zDzGpXC3xps__UKn/view?usp=sharing ER -