LECTURE- Perceptions of Good Governance in Kyrgyzstan, S. Kulikova, SRC, June 2
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LECTURE: Perceptions of Good Governance among Traditional and
Internet-Based Media Users in Kyrgyzstan", Dr. Svetlana Kulikova, June
2, 2008, Social Research Center, Bishkek
The Social Research Center (www.src.auca.kg) at American University of
Central Asia presents:
LECTURE: Perceptions of Good Governance among Traditional and
Internet-Based Media Users in Kyrgyzstan
SPEAKER: Dr. Svetlana Kulikova, PhD in Mass Communications and Public Affairs
Time: 16.30 pm, June 2, 2008
Venue: 315, AUCA (Main building)
Language: English (Interpretation into Russian will be provided ONLY
if requested in advance)
Synopsis: Dr. Kulikova will speak about the findings of her research
exploring the potential and role of the Internet-based media in the
Kyrgyz Republic's political processes after the 2005 March Revolution.
It uses a model of interaction between the government and citizens
through various types of realities: the reality constructed and
imposed by the state-controlled media, the reality created by
alternative, independent sources of information online, and the
realities experienced by citizens in their daily lives. The model
pulls together various theories from political science, sociology,
psychology, and mass communication and focuses on the
exit-loyalty-voice options available for the citizens in response to
governance practices.
The research project uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative
research methods. The results of content analysis have shown that in
coverage of the 2007 Constitutional Referendum, independent
Internet-based media indeed constructed a reality alternative to the
official propaganda imposed by state media and were more critical of
the government in terms of good governance practices than the state
media. Further, the results of surveys and focus groups provide the
evidence that Internet-based media play a significant role in shaping
perceptions of good governance among politically interested
Internet-based media users toward more negative evaluations of and
higher levels of frustration with the government performance.
Finally, the Internet media use is associated with the higher levels
of intent to leave the country (i.e., exercise the exit option) among
the research participants with low political interest.
Bio: Svetlana Kulikova graduated with honors from the Foreign
Languages Faculty of the Kyrgyz State National University in 1993. In
1994, she won a full scholarship to study political science at the
Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, and earned her
master's degree in 1995. In 1995-97, she studied journalism and mass
communication as a Freedom Support Act fellow at Kansas State
University. Having earned her second master's, Kulikova returned to
Kyrgyzstan and taught for seven years media courses at the American
University - Central Asia. She also served as a chair of Journalism
Department, Director of Public Relations Office at AUCA and a director
of an inter-institutional research project that resulted into a book
on mass media in Kyrgyzstan co-authored with Gulnara Ibraeva. Svetlana
Kulikova returned to the United States in 2004 to earn her doctoral
degree in mass communications and public affairs from Louisiana State
University's Manship School. While working on her degree, she
developed and strengthened her research interests in the area of
freedom of expression and press in emerging democracies and the role
of new media in forming citizens' perceptions of good governance,
which is the main focus of her dissertation.
How to register: Please send RSVP to pss@mail.auca.kg with your name
and affiliation.
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