The main purpose of this course is to observe how the processes of censorship and self-censorship as alienable parts of the cultural process were developed. Most of the attention is to be paid to XX century and the present time taking into account that the last decades have given a rise to new forms of media involvement (including active promotion of television and Internet). The pivotal idea is to differentiate the peculiarities of censorship and self-censorship for Russian and Western realities so that the students could better understand the theoretical background of the definitions themselves. The course is designated for all who tend to understand the cultural and political evolution of modern Russia.

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