Standards of Media Coverage of Elections in Ukraine
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Date
2010
Authors
Orlova, Dariya
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The paper explores the standards of media coverage of elections in Ukraine,
focusing primarily on the news TV programs. While providing a brief overview of
the practices of electoral coverage by Ukrainian media throughout last decade,
the paper specifically addresses the most recent presidential election campaign
of 2009-2010 as a case study. The paper presents the results of news monitoring,
outlining major trends in media coverage of election campaigns in Ukraine.
The problem of paid-for coverage and its implications for the development of
media system in Ukraine are discussed.
Keywords
electoral coverage, standards of journalism, paid-for coverage, media in transition, political communication