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Analytical Papers: Mass Media

Alexandrov N.
"Idols and demons of uneducated mind", 1997 (Russian)
Based on the analysis of editorial mail to "Brestsky Courier" weekly, the author, its editor-in-chief, consider the main stereotypes of mass consciousness, their routes and mechanisms of reproduction, and explains their antidemocratic and antimarket substance.

Anishchenko V., Ph.D., Dravitsa V.
"Estimation of informational and communication technologies' infrastructures and electronic availability of the Republic of Belarus", 2003 (Russian)
The report examines the method of estimation of informational and communicational technologies development and electronic readiness of a country as well as represents the results of its use.

Belova O.
"Belarysskaya Delovaya Gazeta" and its audience (sociological analysis)", 1995 (Russian)
This paper is based on the results of national survey and interviews with experts - leading specialists of Minsk financial companies. The author analyses socio-democratic peculiarities of audience of BDG, its socio-economic attitudes, political activity and expectations. Finally she chose two main types of the audience and proposed recommendations how to improve the strategy of BDG.

Prof. Bogdankevich S., Ph.D.
"Promotion of principles of free market economy through TV", 1998 (Russian)
The author defines the main economic problems which should be discussed on TV with purpose to form market mass consciousness. He formulates concrete recommendations concerning forms and character of TV presentation of economic issues explaining principles of free market economy.

Dashkevich V., Ph.D.
"Economic subjects in local mass-media (on the example of problems of monetary and currency policy)", 1998 (Russian)
The issue concerns economic events as object of the public analysis, the importance of economic news to daily life. The recommendation how to increase the efficiency of influence of economic programs and publications on an audience in regions are offered.

Dorokhov V.
"Belarusian mass-media in a system of informational society", 2003 (Russian)
Basing on the results of IISEPS' national public opinion polls the report analysis the current situation on belarusian mass media marker, as well as how different aspects of contemporary mass media activity (legislation, economic, ets.)соrrespond to the requirements of informational society.

Dorokhov V.
"How and what for agitated: lessons of PR-campaigns on the past presidential elections", 2001 (Russian)
Course and consequences of PR-campaigns of authorities and oppositions during presidential elections are studied using the results of IISEPS national opinion poll.

Dziuba V.
"Influence of mass-media on a public opinion and a policy in Belarus", 2004 (Russian)
The report analyzes the methods used by state electronic media to influence on TV and radio audience, features of the Belarusian broadcasting and its prospect, today's methods of censorship, problem of influence of mass media on a public opinion and a policy.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Belarusian enterpreneurship: virtual reality", 1999 (Russian)
On the basis of content-analysis of belarusian press the report studies the problems of formation of public opinion to businessmen, an information social and economic portrait of the businessman, relation of business and a politics, negative consequences of the state anti businessmen propagation.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Media publications on economy: comparative analysis of non-state TV and state-run press", 1998 (Russian)
Based on the results of content-analysis of state-run press and non-state TV (TV program "Economicst"), the author compares two approaches to presentation of economic problems of present Belarusian society. She makes conclusion about a significant difference between state-run and non-state media positions concerning choosing priorities and assessment of economic situation, as well as about possible media influence on the formation of economic consciousness of the audience.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Independent TV in Belarus: source of economic information and a resource for public leaders", 1998 (Russian)
The report performs analysis of the Belarusian non-government TV’ economic programs. On the basis of public leaders interviews the author analyses motives and objects of leader’s activity in mass communication. In a conclusion the author made recommendations on strengthening and development cooperation between public leaders and non-government TV.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Life values of post soviet person and mass media impact on their formation", 1998 (Russian)
The report is prepared on the basis of comparison of results of national poll on studying valuable orientations and results of the analysis of the contents of the state press. The author comes to the conclusion, that in mass consciousness posseses the breac between value of work as process and the money produced by this process, on the one hand, and absence of urgency of economic productivity of work. The state mass-media only aggravate and fix the situation, broadcasting in the messages stereotypes of antimarket character.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Communication of public leaders: resources, strategies, effects", 1997 (Russian)
In the report communicative strategies of public leaders which are used for mobilization of social sphere resources in decision making are described. Communicative strategies include using mass media. In the report on the basis of sociological researches conducted by IISEPS access to mass media, structure and content of communication, leaders image in republican press are described.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Image of political leaders in post-communist Belarus in the interpretation of the newspaper "Imya", 1996 (Russian)
In the report results of content analysis of the newspaper "Imya" for the period two years with a half: starting from president electoral campaign (March, 1994) to September, 1996 - are represented. The author shows popularity rating of political leaders of Belarus in press, as well as role of the leaders in public and political conflicts, mechanisms of elite formation and how it is reflected and interpreted by different newspapers.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Reflection of market economy problems in Belarusian press", 1995 (Russian)
The report is prepared on the basis of content-analysis of Belarusian press. Opinions, attitudes, positions and estimations of market reforms in Belarus are discovered as they has been reflected in press. State of the audience and correspondence of reform models, proposed by press to the aspirations of the audience is analyzed.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Problems of privatization in the interpretation of Belarusian press", 1994 (Russian)
The report interprets three main aim. This in problems: character of the recent Belarusian MM audience and its consciousness; models of privatization, presented in political and economic press; attitudes of audience towards privatization. This report based on the data of content analysis of a number of republic newspapers and on the data of national survey of audience.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Conditions and perspectives of media system of Belarus through opinions of media policy makers", 1994 (English)
The paper is prepared on the base of the results of interviews with experts - representatives of different power structures, public organizations, businessmen in sphere of information business and journalists.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"Presentation and protection of national interests in broadcasting bills of Eastern European countries", 1994 (English)
The paper is prepared on the base of the results of comparative analysis of mass media laws of Eastern European countries and republics of former of USSR.

Efimova N., Ph.D.
"National and cultural revival patterns in the Belarusian press", 1993 (English)
This report elucidates existing approaches to the national problem in Belarus. It bases on the data of content-analysis of six politically different newspapers in compare with data of national survey on the same problem. We came to conclusion about contradictory character of national revival models, proposed by newspapers and political forces presenting in this newspapers.

Erashova V.
"Leaders of Belarusian society on the pages of "Sovetskaya Belorussiya", 1996 (Russian)
In the report results of content analysis of the newspaper "Sovetskaya Belorussiya" for the period two years with a half: starting from president electoral campaign (March, 1994) to December, 1996 - are represented. The author shows popularity rating of political leaders of Belarus in press, as well as role of the leaders in public and political conflicts, mechanisms of elite formation and how it is reflected and interpreted by different newspapers.

Lysiuk A., Ph.D.
"Contemporary communicational systems in the formation of civic society", 2003 (Russian)
The report analyses the philosophical base of creation and development of informational society, dynamic and tendencies of relations of state and society in the sphere of information and communication.

Lysiuk A.
"Regional media and the problem of mental transformation in post-soviet Belarus: political and social-psychological aspects", 1997 (Russian)
The author, based on the results of various regional polls, analyses a role of media in transformation of mass consciousness. He shows significance of independent regional media in the formation of civil society and democratic public opinion.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Western and Russian mass-media influence on Belarusians", 2006 (Russian)
This analytical paper is based mostly on the results of independent public opinion polls. Comparative analysis of the scales, character, and dynamics of the influence of Russian (TV) and Western (Radio and TV) on Belarusians completed by the conclusions about prospects and consequences of this process on the internal and geo-political development of Belarus.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Internet as a factor of social progress in Belarus", 2003 (Russian)
The report bases on the results of IISEPS research and the analyses of available statistics and observes the dynamics of internet development, users rate among the people and elite, social structure of the audience, its impact on social development, as well as peculiarities of state policy concerning internet in Belarus. It proves the conclusion that by some parameters development of virtual reality of Belarus overrun the development of real Belarus.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Non-state TV in Belarus and its audience: sociological analysis", 1998 (Russian)
The author, based on the results of national poll and interview with business leaders conducted by IISEPS in November-December 1997, analyses media audience, peculiarities of media presentation of economic problems, media influence on different types of audience (population as a whole, audience of non-state TV and audience of TV program "Economicst"). Finally he formulates recommendations on strengthening role of non-state TV in Belarus in promotion values of market economy and democracy.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"New "Economikst" and its audience", 1998 (Russian)
The issue represents comparative analysis of changes in socio-demographic structure, informational behaviour, economic and political attitudes of audience of progpam of independent broadcasting company FIT "Economikst",caused by transition from national to a regional broadcasting.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Free press in the lack of freedom: sociological portrait of independent media in Belarusian interior", 1997 (Russian)
The author, based on the results of national polls and interview with public opinion leaders conducted by IISEPS in 1995-1997, describes public-political landscape after national referendum of November 24, 1996 and media landscape of the Republic of Belarus. He analyses peculiarities of media audience, media impact (interrelation between "structures of everyday" including economic and political attitudes, on the one hand, and information activity on the other hand), interaction of media and power (including monopolization of state-run media, political, legal and economic pressure on independent media), and argues probable scenario of their development in short term and mid term perspectives.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Media autonomy and the state in post-communist society: diversity vs unity (a case of Belarus)", 1994 (English)
Based on the results of several national surveys, content-analysis of media publications, interview with media policy makers and analysis of Media Laws, the author analyze - both in theory and practice - the political, legal and economic aspects of media autonomy in Belarus and argue the most effective social mechanism of media autonomyzation in post-communist society.

Prof. Manaev O., Ph.D.
"Mass media in the political and economic system of transition society", 1992 (Russian)
The paper is prepared on the base of results of content -analyses of registration documents of all periodicals in Belarus registered by Ministry of Information on April 1, 1992 (550 periodicals).

Meshok A., Sokova T.
"Results of teamwork of regional correspondents TVC and creative group of program "Economikst" in 1998", 1998 (Russian)
The report observes the experience of interraction of broadcasting company FIT and regional broadcasting net while releasing program "Economikst" in 1998, and also discusses creative problems of some issues.

Miheichikov L., Ph.D.
"Problems of collection and distribution of objective information by the Independent Informational Company Belapan", 1997 (Russian)
The report pays attention to the role of the population’ orientation in the information as the bas of public opinion formation, which will be able to promote democratic reforms in the republic. The structure of the informational company Belapan, the work of its correspondents, peculiarities of their sociological service "Zerkalo" are also discussed. It is proposed to use more effective regional mass media under the conditions of the state monopoly.

Novosiad V.
"State policy and legislation regulation of informational society in Belarus", 2003 (Russian)
The report examines the problems of state regulation of informational society in the country, formulates the basic requirements to legislation in these sphere, observes main contradictions of state and society in the sphere of informational and communicational technologies.

Osipov S.
"Contemporary informational society as seen through the Belarusian Internet", 2003 (Russian)
The report overviews tendencies of Internet development as a base of informational society, relations of society and belarusian state in this sphere in comparison with Estonia and Russia, as well as perspectives of informational channels development in Belarus.

Ostroukh A.
"Problems of interaction of journalists and authorities in the process of economic TV program production", 1998 (Russian)
The author, Director of independent TV company "Factory of Information Technology", describes the story of creation of "FIT’s" economic programs on Belarusian TV and the unique project of - program "Economicst". He analyses its conception, four years experience in the air, and argues a new project "Economcst - 2".

Parfentsov A.
"Organizational and technical principles of interaction of independent TV companies in the production of program "Economicst", 1998 (Russian)
The author, producer of TV company "FIT", presents a technological scheme of production of program "Economicst", including timetable and description of team’s duties. He also formulates recommendations how to organize program delivery in the regions, how to plan stories (plots), how to organize relationship between regional independent TV companies on the one hand, and TV company "FIT" and these companies, on the other hand.

Skuratovich K., Ph.D.
"On the wreckage of a great myth: the values of the soviet way of life in Belarusian mass media", 1997 (Russian)
The author analyses the typical forms and methods used by mass media for conservation and reproduction of values of soviet way of life . He provides ways of unification of national and liberal values in order to develop market reforms and strengthening national independence.

Sobolewsky M.
"Development of the informational society in Poland", 2003 (Russian)
The problems and perspectives of informational society development in Poland in comparison with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe is examined in the report.

Sokova T.
"How to produce stories for independent TV company "FIT"?", 1998 (Russian)
The author, editor-in-chief of TV company "FIT", presents new programs of TV company "FIT", a structure of program "Economicst", formulates demands to presentation of video materials, describes in details structural composition of story (plot) accepted by "FIT".

Zaiko L., Ph.D.
"The concept and technology of preparation of materials for informational and analytical economic program", 1998 (Russian)
The report discusses the directions of thematic development most urgent and attractive to an audience, analyses methods and forms of plots as well as principles and criteria of an estimation of efficiency of the prepared materials.

Zhurakovsky V.
"Economic subjects in Vitebsk mass media", 1998 (Russian)
The content of economic publications of Vitebsk press is analysed in the report. Some socio-demographic characteristic and opinion on the content of economic information of the audience are studied.

Zlotnikov L., Ph.D.
"Main principles of production of economic programs in the system of non-state TV", 1998 (Russian)
The author analyses antimarket stereotypes of mass consciousness that define antimarket behavior and that should be a subject of mass economic education. He shares his experience of participation in educational TV broadcasts on economic issues and gives recommendations how to improve educational TV programs in economic issues.