Im/Possible Journalism: Regional Perspectives of the Characteristics of Media Work During Elections

The paper focuses on some peculiarities of media coverage of election campaigns in regional media. The main thesis is that there is less journalism in the media coverage of the election, with its rejection being voluntary and conscious, and the reasons for this are not exhausted with the popular ones about political dependencies. Consideration is also given to ways in which the media complies to or circumvents some legal requirements for tagging paid content