DUSHANBE, February 4, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- A book entitled “The Periodical Press of Independent Tajikistan,” authored by Mirsaid Sultonov, a senior lecturer at Russian-Tajik Slavic University (RTSU) in Dushanbe, has been published at RTSU’s printing office.

The book, which can be used as manual on journalism of Tajikistan for teachers and students, has the circulation of a 100 copies and is intended for distribution only to faculties of journalism at the country’s universities.

In his book, Mr. Sultonov considers features of formation and main tendencies of development of journalism in Tajikistan.  A special attention is paid to independent media of the country, history of establishment and current activity of the most popular pint media of Tajikistan.

The author also touches upon issues related to influence of socioeconomic and legal conditions on development of journalism in Tajikistan.

Mr. Sultonov said in an interview with Asia-Plus that in his book, he made an attempt of comprehensive analysis of modern Tajik journalism.