Tina Burrett is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Temple University in Tokyo, Japan.

"Relying on interviews and content analysis, Burrett painstakingly details how Russian television changed over time... the book is a detailed and sophisticated analysis of political communication under Putin in Russia. Recommended [for] Upper-division undergraduates and above." - L. J. Roselle, Elon University"This is a very detailed book, exploring chronologically the role of media and television from 2000 to 2008 and demonstrating how Putin managed to right the distressed ship of the Russian Duma and presidential elections... Burrett insightfully address[es] the fundamental ambiguities at the heart of Putin’s effort to consolidate Russian state power." - Hessam Vaez-Zadeh, University of Tehran; SEER, 90, 1, January 2012

• 1. Covering the President: An Introduction 2. Television and the 2000 Presidential Election 3. Elite Conflict and the End of Independent Television 4. Controlling the News Agenda 5. National Television and the 2003 State Duma Election: Coverage of the Candidates, Corruption and Khodorkovsky 6. Securing the System and a Second Term: Television Coverage 2004 Russian Presidential Election 7. Television in Putin’s Second Term

Tina Burrett is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Temple University in Tokyo, Japan.

"Relying on interviews and content analysis, Burrett painstakingly details how Russian television changed over time... the book is a detailed and sophisticated analysis of political communication under Putin in Russia. Recommended [for] Upper-division undergraduates and above." - L. J. Roselle, Elon University"This is a very detailed book, exploring chronologically the role of media and television from 2000 to 2008 and demonstrating how Putin managed to right the distressed ship of the Russian Duma and presidential elections... Burrett insightfully address[es] the fundamental ambiguities at the heart of Putin’s effort to consolidate Russian state power." - Hessam Vaez-Zadeh, University of Tehran; SEER, 90, 1, January 2012

• 1. Covering the President: An Introduction 2. Television and the 2000 Presidential Election 3. Elite Conflict and the End of Independent Television 4. Controlling the News Agenda 5. National Television and the 2003 State Duma Election: Coverage of the Candidates, Corruption and Khodorkovsky 6. Securing the System and a Second Term: Television Coverage 2004 Russian Presidential Election 7. Television in Putin’s Second Term