Natalia Roudakova is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Educated in both the Soviet Union and the United States, she draws on her linguistic, political and social knowledge of the region. Her work combines cultural anthropology, political communication, political theory, moral philosophy, and the study of Russian history and contemporary society and culture.
Introduction
1. Ethics and politics in Soviet journalism
2. Journalism and capitalism: the first encounter
3. From the fourth estate to the second oldest profession
4. The spiral of cynicism in the 2000s
5. Trying a life without irony in the early 2010s
Conclusion
Bibliography.
