Communication Theory and Application in Post-Socialist Contexts

Communication Theory and Application in Post-Socialist Contexts serves as a resource for anyone on the quest of diversifying and globalizing communication studies. It captures significant communication tendencies in several post-socialist countries and situates these tendencies within communication theory and application in a wide array of areas.

While the broader field of communication studies is gaining more global prominence, this is an era when the underrepresented voices are fortunately becoming more recognized. Communication Theory and Application in Post-Socialist Contexts illustrates how Eurasia and Central and Eastern Europe—the post-socialist region—represents a population of more than 400 million who embody a wide array of communication experiences. This book aims to capture significant communication tendencies in several post-socialist countries and situate these tendencies within communication theory and application. It contains the examples of theory-building and adaptation as well as applied projects implemented in national and local contexts. Only by inclusive incorporation of the underrepresented experiences in the field’s discussions can the communication discipline continue to assert its relevance in and for the global community. This book serves as a resource for anyone on the quest of diversifying and globalizing communication studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Maureen Minielli, Marta Lukacovic, Sergei Samoilenko, Deborrah Uecker, & Michael Finch

Part I: Communication Theory & Application Trends in the Post-Soviet Space

Chapter 1: Reflections on the Development of Intercultural Communication in Russia

Olga Leontovich

Chapter 2: Grassroots Science Communication in Russia

Ekaterina Bogomoletc & Dmitrii Malkov

Chapter 3: Urban Communication and Media in Russia

Olga Pichugina

Chapter 4: Workplace Documentation in Post-Soviet Belarus and Russia: Insights for Organizational Communication

Natalia Matveeva, Lilia Akhmerova, & Irina Savich

Chapter 5: Rhetorical Analysis of the Ukrainian Film Julia Blue: A Picture of Non-Western (Non-Linear) Identity

Michael R. Finch

Part II: Communication Theory & Application Trends in Central Eastern Europe

Chapter 6: Transitioning from Communist Propaganda to Government Communication in the Czech Republic

Denisa Hejlova

Chapter 7: Slovakia as a Convenient ‘Laboratory’ to Extend the Theory of Securitized Framing:

The Case of Far Right’s Frame Shifting between Euroscepticism and Europhilia

Marta N. Lukacovic

Chapter 8: The Past, the Memory and the Polish Media: Collective Memory as an Object of Manipulation

Aleksandra Synowiec

Part III: Accounts of Trends in Academic Publishing on Communication; Disseminating Knowledge in and about Post-Socialist Societies

Chapter 9: Central European Journal of Communication: Knowledge Share Community

Michał Głowacki, Agnieszka Stępińska, Jacek Mikucki, Róża Norström, Dagmara Sidyk, & Julia Trzcińska

Chapter 10: Russian Journal of Communication: Reflections on the First Decade

Igor E. Klyukanov & Galina V. Sinekopova

Chapter 11: Publishing a Communication Textbook for Russian Students

Olga I. Matyash

Part IV: Applications of Communication Theory and Research to Pedagogy; Teaching in and about Post-Socialist Societies

Chapter 12: Intercultural Communication Pedagogy in Lithuania: Listening to Viewpoints

Andrew C. Jones & Eugenija Kungienė

Chapter 13: Teaching Communication in Russia and Kazakhstan: An International Scholar’s Perspective

Olga I. Matyash

Chapter 14: Interpersonal Communication and Perception Differences between Russia and the United States: Changes since 2009?

Deborrah Uecker & Jacqueline Schmidt

Conclusion

Maureen Minielli, Marta Lukacovic, Sergei Samoilenko, Deborrah Uecker, & Michael Finch

About the Editors and Contributing Authors