Contemporary Journalism in Central Asia: Media Practice and Prospects in the Republic of Kazakhstan

MADINA BULATOVA1 & AYAZBI BEISENKULOV2
Kostanay State University, Republic of Kazakhstan
1,2L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract
Along with the rapid expansion of new media in Kazakhstan, traditional mass media continue to develop, increasingly intersecting and converting to a convergent form. However, in many respects country’s traditional media are still the main source of information due to deep-rooted traditions and the state of the modern media system. Applying the model of ethnographic research, the authors analyze the use of social media by Kazakh journalists.

Keywords: Kazakhstan, society, journalism, new technologies, new media

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Dr. Madina Bulatova is an assistant in the Department of Journalism and Communication Management at Kostanay State University, Republic of Kazakhstan. Currently she is pursuing her PhD in innovation journalism at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University. Dr. Bulatova’s areas of scientific interest are new media technologies, social media, and future of journalism.
Dr. Ayazbi Båisenkulov is an associate professor in the Department of Teleradio and Public Relations at L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan. His research interests include modern mass communications and the influence of social and digital media on human behavior