Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1817-7115 (Print)
ISSN 2541-898X (Online)


Journalism

Blogosphere as a Literary Environment: a «Digital» Reader of Evgeny Grishkovets

The article considers literary texts and diary entries Evgeny Grishkovets which establish close links between the World wide web and the forms of traditional literary publication. Pieces of literature created by the popular writer and blogger in the context of social networks designate significant trends and features of the Russian literary process of the beginning of the XXIst century. Philological analysis is focused on the problem of the reader (categories of the «real reader» and the «implicit reader») in the works by Evgeny Grishkovets.

Editorial Management Transformation Under the Digitalization Influence

The article presents the theoretical analysis of editorial management transformation given the rapid digitalization in mass media. The author describes the system of influencing factors of changes and explores the main managerial implications. The author insists on the controversial nature of digitalization in mass media which set a range of challenges for managers.

Witnesses’ Evidence as One of the Techniques of Information Manipulation in Mass Media

The article studies instances of information tweaking in mass media texts. The author considers the pressure on the audience on the example of such a technique as bringing in the evidence of the witnesses. The article draws on the texts published in socio-political periodicals Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Izvestiya, Moskovskiy Komsomolets.

The Usage of Multimedia and Interactive Features of the Internet in Electronic Newspapers of Tatarstan

The article presents the results of a comparative content analysis of interviews in online newspapers Business online and Intertat.ru in the Russian and Tatar languages in the period from 1 June, 2012 to 1 January, 2014. Units of analysis and calculation are the subject-matter, layout, journalist’s stylistic devices, as well as the use of the original online media properties. 160 interviews have been analyzed.

The Image of Woman in Politics as Reflected in Internet Mass Media of the Republic of Tatarstan

In the article the analysis of the image of women-politicians of Tatarstan is suggested, based on the publications in Internet media. On the basis of qualitative content analysis of texts published in the Internet media the classification of image types is given, each of them is characterized. The images of five women-politicians are analyzed in terms of personal and social character traits.

The Internet: the Mass-media Features

The article deals with the comparative analysis of traditional mass-media (press, radio and TV) and the new communicative technology – the Internet. The article contains the analysis of functional characteristics of the World Wide Web: synthetical character, expansive way of development, fragmentariness in giving information, high-speed informational divulgation and high manipulative potential.

Indefiniteness as a Common Way of Giving Information in the Modern Press

The article investigates the functions and diverse means of expression of the communicative category of indefiniteness in the press on the basis of newspaper material.

Western Mass Media Journalistic Technologies in A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s Reflections

The article gives A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s reflections on Western journalism during his exile (1974–1994). His observations reflect similarities of methods and principles of work in Western and Soviet mass media.

Tolerant and Intolerant Behavior in Mass Media

The article analyzes the problems of tolerant and intolerant behavior in Russian and American media.

TURKEY IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEWSPAPER "PRAVDA" IN 1938

The work is devoted to an important episode in the history of Russian Soviet journalism - the interpretation of Soviet-Turkish relations in 1938 - the last year of the life of Ataturk's president. The problems of creating the image of a major politician representing a foreign state are considered.

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