| This study seeks to fill a gap in knowledge about the practice of journalism in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic where freedom of expression is limited and government control is strong. To the knowledge of this researcher, the study proposed here represents the first time Azerbaijan has been studied in a systematic fashion consistent with the literature of comparative journalism as represented by The Global Journalist (Weaver & Willnat, 2012) and Worlds of Journalism (Hanitzsch, 2011), studies well recognized as the standards against which all such efforts should be measured. "Journalism in Azerbaijan" has two primary goals. First, this study will construct a demographic profile of journalists in Azerbaijan. Second, this study will explore the roles these journalists believe they play in the controlled, post-Soviet environment in which they operate. Data will be collected through an online survey of journalists in Azerbaijan. Insights derived from this study are expected to contribute to the body of rigorous analyses of media environments around the world. |
