scholarly journals Gaming Slang Terms in Russian Online Media: A Case Study of News Articles

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 580-588
Author(s):  
Irina I. Volkova ◽  
Alina G. Chernyavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Progressive Growth ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Easter Eggs ◽  
Empirical Material

The goal of this study is to identify gaming slang terms in the news articles of highly rated Russian media. Three online newspapers of various types were used as an empirical material: Kommersant (the first private business newspaper in Russia), RBC (a socio-political analytical newspaper) and Rossiyskaya Gazeta (agency of the Russian Federation government). With help of the content analysis of the media texts, all cases of using the slang gaming terms such as achievement, noob, easter eggs etc. have been discovered and described. The results of the study show that over the past five years the popularity of the gaming terms usage in the media has been growing; this increase can be described as a linear progressive growth: gaming slang is becoming an integral part of the Runet online resources and is gradually entering common vocabulary. It can be assumed that with the increase in the number of media managers from the generation of digital natives and their transition to the category of decision makers, the growth of gaming slang terms in online media will become exponential.

scholarly journals The Image of Refugees and the Features of its Development in Lithuanian Online Newspapers

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 71-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darius Matas
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Negative Context ◽  
The Media

The considerable number of refugees fleeing to Europe has an impact on countries’ economic, political and social agenda, as well as the processes of society. The European refugee (migrant) crisis, which began in 2015, brought out not only different attitudes toward refugees among Eu­ropean Union politicians, but also revealed how diverse the coverage of na­tional media may get on the refugee topic. Refugees flee to Europe from various countries and diverse cultural back­grounds. However, society lacks the knowledge about their religious beliefs, lifestyles and outlooks. Moreover, the media has the power to decide which events and individuals to portray, and in such a way constructs the audi­ence’s perception about the world they live in. Refugee-related messages in the media usually occur in a negative context: terrorist attacks, refugee deaths, criminal activity and protests. However, the media does not only construct, but also has the power to change prejudice toward refugees, ensuring that one of its aims is interaction between diverse social groups. The author combines quantitative and qualitative research methods for media messages and analyzes dominant stereotypes about refugees in Lithu­anian online media. The types of refugee-related publications are also exam­ined. Three research periods were chosen: 1-31 July 2015, 1-30 November 2015 and 1-31 January 2016. The main goals are to theoretically discuss the media’s role and peculiarities in shaping certain images which society main­tains, as well as to define the stereotypes and their role in society. Lithuanian online newspapers are commercial institutions, which – in order to compete in the market – strive to engage consumers. Delivering mes­sages quickly and in large quantities often matters more than their content and the reliability of sources. This, in turn, leads to the information being distorted or superficial. Lithuanian newspapers construct a negative refugee image, where the most dominant images of refugees are as individuals who are uncontrollable, aggressive and prone to commit crime, being either gang members, terrorists or benefit recipients.

scholarly journals Information Behavior Culture of the RuNet Audience

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 984-988
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Fake News ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Consumption Culture ◽  
News Agencies ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Source Of Information

The purpose of this study is to analyze the formation of a media consumption culture in the information-rich multiconfessional and bilingual region of the Russian Federation – the Republic of Tatarstan. The authors of this article conducted a survey of 200 respondents aged 19-55 who are active users of the RuNet. The survey was carried out among students of the Kazan State Institute of Culture and Kazan Federal University, as well as media professionals from the Republic of Tatarstan. The anonymous survey was conducted in January-March 2019. Of all the respondents participated in this survey, 56% were aged 19-20. Eighty-three percent of the respondents were female – students, teachers and media workers of the Republic of Tatarstan. Sixty-five percent of them combined their education with work. Ninety-eight percent of the respondents received information from the Internet, 76% watched information programs on television, 27% listened to the radio and only 7.5% of the respondents still read newspapers. Sixty-eight percent of the surveyed trusted messages received from news agencies, while 78% trusted news messages received from news aggregators. Ninety percent of the respondents trusted information received from online media; 11% trusted the information received from social networks and only 4.5% of the respondents trusted the information discussed in blogs. The high percentage of trust to information obtained from the media and the low percentage of trust to information obtained from blogs indicates the current culture of media use and media literacy of the population in the situation with fake news. Of all the respondents answering the question "Do you refer to the source of information you use on the Internet?", 91.5% answered positively. Disturbingly, 92.5% of the surveyed believe that they do not have to pay for the information received from online media. The authors explain the refusal to pay for content with a small amount of exclusive and analytical materials in the information field of the Republic of Tatarstan

scholarly journals Key Meanings Transmitted by the Names of Russian Newspapers and Magazines of the Soviet Era (1917 - 1991)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5142-5145
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Field ◽  
Similar Material ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Economic Formation ◽  
Empirical Material ◽  
Labor Success

The article analyzes the names of newspapers and magazines published in the Republic of Tatarstan (a constituent entity of the Russian Federation) from 1917 to 1991. The research object (hemeronyms) is considered by the authors as an artifact of culture; the authors prove that among all the onyms, hemeronyms seem to be the most dependent on cultural, historical, and ideological factors. Based on the application of the methods of keywords and key meanings, the semantic field of the media onomastic regional space of the studied period is reconstructed. It is shown that the nuclear idea of a semantic field constructed as a result of systematization of empirical material is an idea that can be designated as “building a society of a new formation”. The nuclear idea is revealed in specific key meanings: “struggle” (namely ‘active actions to overcome or achieve something’ and ‘active actions aimed at achieving labor success’), “renewal”, i.e. ‘aimed at building a new socio-economic formation - the communist’, “path”, “collectivization”, “labor as the supreme value”, “guiding the role of the communist party (communists)”. The research results obtained by the authors reflect the specifics of not only the regional (Tatarstan) media onomastic space, but also the whole of Soviet Russia. The algorithm of the study of Russian hemonyms of the Soviet era presented in the work can be extrapolated to the similar material of other national-cultural formations or of the Russian one, but covering other time periods with its own specific worldview dominant.

scholarly journals Colloquiality and stylistics of online alternative news media

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-606
Author(s):  
Vladimír Patráš
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Video Sequences ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Material Base ◽  
Visual Code ◽  
Print Journalism ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
The Media ◽  
Electronic Media Communication

AbstractThe main line of the study is bound to the conditions, demonstrations and effects of colloquiality (colloquialization) parameter that has been applied in the current electronic media communication sphere. Colloquiality as a non-verbal, structural and compositional attribute of a piece of communication is primarily present in the open, semi- and non-official communication contacts with direct, immediate involvement of their participants. In traditional print journalism built on the verified principles of printedness/ writtenness, colloquiality occurs as a secondary, accompanying attribute of the media communication pieces. Regardless of the genre affiliation of the newspaper products, it helps perform their, e.g., documentary, persuasive, captivating, characterizing, relieving or aesthetic functions. Apart from the parameter of printedness, both mainstream and alternative (complementary) online media generally calculate upon the advanced options of the visual code systems. Thus, language-based online newspapers are easily supplemented with simultaneous, additional, or substitutional means and procedures of cinematographic origin, e.g., a surprising choice, dynamic edition, purpose-made superposition of the text, audio and video sequences being applied through hyperlinking, audiovisual effects, etc. Besides, accompanying dialogization and consequent de-officialization of online newspapers are changing conventional characteristics of the journalistic style. The expanding zone of colloquiality loosens the standards of codified language in written/printed communication. Boundaries between the varieties in the framework of language stratification are already easily penetrable. The material base and argument platform of the study consist of author texts published in the Slovak online alternative news media.

scholarly journals SPECIAL AUTONOMY FUND TO REDUCE POVERTY: DOES IT WORK?

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-370
Author(s):  
Ikhsan ◽  
Utang Suwaryo ◽  
Neneng Yani Yuningsih ◽  
Franciscus Van Ylst
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Data

Purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to examine the role of special autonomy funds in poverty reduction in Aceh and to find out how to deal with poverty in Aceh and what obstacles are faced by Aceh Government. Methodology: This research used a qualitative method with a case study approach to provide a detailed explanation and exploitation. Research data obtained through interviews and data obtained also through local and national online media and the media data were analyzed using Nvivo 12 Plus, specifically by using the NCapture feature, which allows researchers to systematically compile and analyze documents. Main Findings: This study found that the implementation of poverty reduction programs and policies is still in the form of false participation due to low transparency and accountability and economic dependence on other regions outside Aceh and the small number of medium and large industries in Aceh. Applications of this study: The findings of this study are useful for exploration by the Aceh Government in order to maximize the role of special autonomy funds in poverty alleviation efforts in Aceh. Novelty/Originality of this study: Research on the Aceh Special Independence Fund has been widely explained by a number of researchers. However, there is no publication that specifically explains the role of special self-government funds to reduce poverty. Consequently, the use of accountable and transparent special autonomy funds can reduce poverty in Aceh.

scholarly journals The "German Intrigue" as an Element of the Anti-Ukrainian Campaign: A Case Study of Kyiv's Russian Language Press, 1914-18

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-173
Author(s):  
Ivan Basenko
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
World War ◽  
National Movement ◽  
National Movements ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media

World War I proved to be a powerful catalyst for latent national movements on non‑Russian frontiers of the multi-ethnic Romanov Empire. Based on original sources in Kyiv’s Russian language press, this article uncovers the attitude of the Russian media toward Ukrainian national self‑determination in Southwestern Krai, the Empire’s borderland. Particularly, the study investigates the anti-Ukrainian campaign of the alleged “German intrigue.” Prejudice against the Ukrainian “foreign intrigue” originated in the media as a response to Russia’s pre-war controversy with neighbouring Austria‑Hungarian and German empires. During World War I, such prejudice developed into a prominent defamatory technique. This research illustrates how a pre-war concern about a separate Ukrainian identity evolved into full‑scale Russian hostility toward the newly established Ukrainian state by the end of 1918. In essence, the anti-Ukrainian campaign reflected the press’s worldview. Regardless of political affiliations, Russian newspapers unanimously professed state patriotism. Despite the emergence of a mass Ukrainian national movement in 1917, newspapers continued to assert the paradigm of the single all‑Russian nation. In general, this attitude should be evaluated as a historic example of a clash between Russian and Ukrainian national projects.

Russian Media in the Digital Age: Propaganda Rewired

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Oates
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Media Control ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article reflects on the role of media in the Russian Federation through the concept of “rewired propaganda.” The approach highlights how the Russian regime copes with challenges to its information hegemony in the digital age. The study employs two critical case studies to examine the Russian political communication sphere: the 2011–12 election protests and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by a Russian missile in 2014. The article argues that a key vector of analysis is understanding strategic narrative as the critical measurement of media control. The findings suggests that it is not so much who owns or controls the media that is key to understanding information control; rather, it is knowing who is constructing and disseminating the most compelling national narrative that holds the key to power in Russia. This focus on rewired propaganda and recasting of the debate will permit an analysis of the role of the media in the post-Soviet state even as the overall media environment has shifted with the advent of the digital age. On balance, the two case studies demonstrate that Russian elites have continued to adapt to growing challenges, showing an ability to use many facets of communication to consolidate an information dominance over citizens.

scholarly journals ALQUR’AN DAN HADITH DALAM WACANA DELEGITIMASI NASIONALISME DI MEDIA ONLINE ISLAM

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Miski Miski ◽  
Ali Hamdan
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Online Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Construction Model

This study tries to analyze the efforts of Islamic online media in constructing the discourse of delegitimation of nationalism, with the case study of eramuslim.com. With the constructivism paradigm, the ulumu Alqur'an, and critic of Sanad Hadith criticism, through the content analysis of articles in the media over a period of eight years, the results of the study show that the construction model of the discourse of delegitimation of nationalism used by eramuslim.com is a literal or denotative interpretation of the quranic verses and hadith which are considered to have a correlation with the problem of nationalism, as well as criticism of the nationalism system as a divisive people and ideology of fanaticism. There are also symptoms of strengthening the romanticism of religion in Islamic online media, along with symptoms of the obscurity of who has the right to talk about a particular issue.

scholarly journals Representation of Patriarchal Culture in New Media: A case study of News and Advertisement on Tribunnews.com

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Bertha Sri Eko Murtiningsih ◽  
Maria Advenita ◽  
S. Ikom
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Online News ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject

AbstractPatriarchal culture has become the dominant issue in online media. Recently, online news and advertising media have less gender perspective. Its content tends to position women as marginalized subjects receiving negative stereotypes. This study aims to review women’s reality in online media, in the form of: 1) news published on tribunnews.com; 2) how women issues are presented by using gender perspective journalism. This research uses descriptive qualitative content analysis approach combined with discourse analysis method of Sara Mills with a focus on the position of the subject and the object. Tribun daily Media in its online form (www.tribunnews.com) is the locus of this research. Tribunnews.com is selected because it ranks in big three news portal in Indonesia, having an extensive and strong network as they are supported by more than twenty regional press. The results show that media has not been fully able to raise women’s issue in the mainstream. The media still portrays women within the bond of patriarchal culture, discrimination, and consumeristic lifestyle. The power of patriarchy dominates the news which marginalizes women. News content and its features follow the pattern of male dominating power. Tribunnews.com has been legitimizing gender bias by accepting exploitation on female’s physical appearance as normal and acceptable. In other instances, Tribunnews.com does not highlight intellectual and leadership values of women as actors. News in online media should be reformed to be more gender sensitive.

scholarly journals Construing The Great Fire of London through online media: A case of exploring discourse semantics and register

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-419
Author(s):  
Lungguh Ariang Bangga
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Online Newspapers ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
Great Insight ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Insight Into

This paper considers the exploration of genre and register of historical texts recontextualised in online media and school textbooks through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics especially by exploring their discourse semantics and register features. Particularly, this paper shows how the relation between discourse semantics resources and register variables contribute to the overall organisation of the recontextualized history genres. This paper provides a detailed qualitative analysis of discourse semantics as instantiated in the deployment of APPRAISAL, IDEATION, IDENTIFICATION, and PERIODICITY to give a clearer picture of how history genres in the media are established. A set of corpora consisting of historical texts from online media and school textbooks was used as a main source of data in this study. The historical texts collected from online media were from various platforms including online newspapers, online magazines, encyclopaedia entries, and universities websites/blogs. For the illustrative purposes, two texts from the corpora were selected for a detailed analysis using the discourse semantics toolkits to find out similarities and differences in terms how an historical event – The Great Fire of London – was established.  The analysis found that there was a tendency that historical events could be reconstrued in the media through different ways. The first text informs readers about the fire and its significance in a chronological manner. The second text provides an explanation of the influence of the Great Fire to other historical events. This paper also suggests that history genres tend to be ‘evolving’ as reproduced in varied media discourses. Though still at the infancy stage, this paper offers a great insight into how genres are organised in relation to the choices in register variables and discourse semantics.

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