scholarly journals The role of mass media in political socialization of modern Russian youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-264
Author(s):  
T. N. Samsonova ◽  
E. S. Naumova
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political News ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The Media

The article analyzes the role of mass media in the process of political socialization of the Russian youth in the context of deep socioeconomic and political transformations.Especially significant for the development of political views is the period from 15 to 25 years. Young Russian citizens are just at the stage in the process of developing political habits and are easily influenced by different factors. Much of political information comes from the media, both traditional: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and innovative — through the Internet. Television helps to shape public opinion by providing political news and their assessment, touching upon important problems, existing in the political sphere. The growth of the Internet is especially significant. News aggregators and online bloggers present a broad range of opinions on political events. The importance of an adequate assessment of the role of the traditional and innovative media in the political socialization of young people, in shaping the political subjectivity of young Russian citizens is obvious.

scholarly journals The role of mass media in political socialization of modern Russian youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-187
Author(s):  
T. N. Samsonova ◽  
E. S. Naumova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Political News ◽  
Political Transformations

The article analyzes the role of mass media in the process of political socialization of the Russian youth, taking place in the context of deep socio-economic and political transformations. The crucial impressionable years in the development of citizens’ political outlook are between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. Young Russian citizens are just in the process of developing political habits and are easily influenced by different factors. Much of political information comes from the traditional and innovative mass media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. Television helps to shape public opinion by providing news and analysis, its entertainment programming addresses important contemporary issues that are in the political arena. The growth of the Internet is especially significant. Political news aggregators and online bloggers present a broad range of political opinion, information, and analysis. The importance of an adequate assessment of the role of the traditional and innovative media in the political socialization of young people, in shaping the political subjectivity of young Russian citizens is obvious.

scholarly journals Institutional Potential of Mass Media in the Process of Political Socialization of Russian Youth

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Elena N. Malik
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Media ◽  
Younger Generation

The aim of the study is a comprehensive analysis of the main directions of optimizing the system of political socialization of young people in the context of the development of the electronic media environment. The article identifies and reveals the main problems of the influence of media information flows on the formation of socio-political orientations of young citizens. The mass media were and remain the most important institution of political socialization of the younger generation, having a direct influence on the assimilation of social norms by young citizens, the formation of political values among them and, as a result, the expression by the younger generation of various forms of socio-political activity.An assessment of the role of the media in the political socialization of modern Russian youth showed that the activities of traditional media in the Russian political space are noticeably lost in relation to electronic media resources. In the digital age, it is advisable to assess the possibilities of the influence of various digital media channels on the political consciousness and behavior of young people.The conclusion is justified that young people are not only an object, but also a subject of political socialization. Under the influence of the media environment, this process is increasingly not vertical, but horizontal in nature, when young citizens demonstrate alternative forms of socio-political activity and models of political behavior — from electronic elections to the signing of online petitions, as well as continuously choose from possible images of the world thanks to the activities of electronic media, etc. Electronic media, especially network media, are largely responsible for initiating models of socio-political activity of young citizens. Based on a large factual material, the author considers the media preferences of young citizens when exposed to traditional, electronic and online media. The role of Internet socialization of youth in the activation of institutional forms of its participation in the democratization of Russian society is justified.

Revisiting the synopticon: Reconsidering Mathiesen’s ‘The Viewer Society’ in the age of Web 2.0

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Reciprocal System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Production ◽  
Top Down ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Many

Thomas Mathiesen’s ‘The Viewer Society’ has been widely influential. Mathiesen posited, alongside the panopticon, a reciprocal system of control, the synopticon, in which ‘the many’ watch ‘the few’. I point to the value of Mathiesen’s arguments but also suggest a reconsideration. I consider where recent challenges to theorizing surveillance as panoptic leave the synopticon. The synopticon is tied to a top—down, instrumental way of theorizing the media. It neglects resistance, alternative currents in media production and reception, the role of culture and the increasing centrality of the internet. Mathiesen’s piece is most useful in a narrower way, in highlighting how surveillance and the mass media interact, rather than in thinking about the role of the media in control more generally.

scholarly journals The political life of the occupied territory of the Luhansk region in the print media

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
К. М. Котеленець ◽  
І. І. Боровенська
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Neutral Context ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Media ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Economic Nature

The article deals with the public life of the occupied territory of the Lugansk region in printed mass media. This methodology of research, painted methods and methodology of the research of printed mass media, a sample is drawn up. The article presents some results of the content analysis of newspapers that were printed during the year in three settlements of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, namely Lugansk, Stakhanov (Kadyivka) and Antratsyt. The papers of selected newspapers reflecting social processes in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region have been analyzed. It is the media that makes it possible to conclude that newspapers have an information content direction that the information they provide most often has a household or an economic nature, and that focus is on situational events. It is proved that a lot of publications are paid to the political life of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic. However, it has been found that the number of publications about Ukrainian or Russian authorities is almost the same. It was also discovered that, although there are newspapers and negative articles about Ukraine, it is still more often covered in a neutral context. As for publications on international political events, there are very few such publications, which suggests preserving political thought within the two countries and directly by the LNR. After analyzing publications in the print media of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the authors concluded that the political life of the occupied territory is most frequently covered. An interesting fact was the number of publications about Ukrainian or Russian authorities. They do not have much discrepancy. It was also discovered that, although there are newspapers and negative articles about Ukraine, it is still more often covered in a neutral context.

The Role of the Media in the Process of “Color Revolutions” in the Cis

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
Zhao Yonghua
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Color Revolutions ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
The U.S

The main cause of "color revolutions" in the Commonwealth (CIS) countries is the political and economic crisis. The media policies, an-ti-government opinion and western media precipitaed the event. This article discusses the importance and influence of media on the pro-gress of "color revolutions" based on patterns of media and political reforms in the state, industrial development of mass media and media strategy of the Western States (as an example the U.S.) in relation to Commonwealth (CIS) countries.

Emotional Responses to Disturbing Political News: The Role of Personality

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Ryan ◽  
Matthew S. Wells ◽  
Brice D. L. Acree
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Response ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
National Sample ◽  
The Political ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Political News ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Need For Affect

AbstractRecent scholarship in political science identifies emotions as an important antecedent to political behavior. Existing work, however, has focused much more on the political effects of emotions than on their causes. Here, we begin to examine how personality moderates emotional responses to political events. We hypothesized that the personality trait need for affect (NFA) would moderate the emotions evoked by disturbing political news. Drawing data from a survey experiment conducted on a national sample, we find that individuals high in NFA have an especially vivid emotional response to disturbing news—a moderating relationship that has the potential to surpass those associated with symbolic attachments.

scholarly journals Ханша Дарма-Бала — сторонник воссоединения калмыков с Джунгарией

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
Ilya V. Toropitsyn ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
The Political ◽  
Xviii Century ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Intention To Move ◽  
History Of ◽  
External Reasons

The article focuses on political events in the history of Kalmyk khanate in the first half of the XVIII century and the role of the khan’s wife Darma-Bala. Coming from the ruling family of Jungaria and becoming the wife of Auka khan, Darma-Bala didn’t forget about her motherland and played a significant role in the life of Kalmyk khanate. The article looks into the political views of Darma-Bala on the development of the Kalmyk society. It analyses various steps she took after the death of her husband Auka khan in order to tighten the bonds of Kalmyks with Jungaria. In particular, the article keeps track of Darma-Bala’s different contacts with the representatives of Jungaria khanate, it gives the evidence and opinions verifying her intention to move back to Jungaria with some of the uluses. It gives the ground for assumption that through all her life in the Kalmyk khanate DarmaBala was the fervent advocate of the idea of unification of Mongolian tribes and maintained the policy of reunification of Kalmyks with Jungars that she couldn’t implement due to various internal and external reasons.

Mass Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 558-563
Author(s):  
Barbara Thomaß
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Media System ◽  
Pluralistic Societies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media ◽  
Transformation Processes

A normative or a functionalist perspective on the role of mass media in pluralistic societies is the starting point for analysis of the role of the media in changing societal systems. The correlation between media shifts and societal shifts is striking in transformation processes. Communication scholars have studied this correlation in respect of the transformation in Eastern Europe, the upheavals in the Arab world, but less in the various waves of transformation and case groups. The uncoupling of the media system from the political system, which is typical for the shift from a totalitarian or authoritarian society to a pluralist one, is restructuring processes with an organizational, an economic, and a cultural dimension. It has been modelled in several phases although the actual developments show how these phases can overlap, sustain setbacks, or occur rapidly. Recent research concentrates on these new patterns of transitions and the inherent conflicts.

The Mass Media and the Policy Process

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelise Russell ◽  
Maraam Dwidar ◽  
Bryan D. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Political System ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media

Scholars across politics and communication have wrangled with questions aimed at better understanding issue salience and attention. For media scholars, they found that mass attention across issues was a function the news media’s power to set the nation’s agenda by focusing attention on a few key public issues. Policy scholars often ignored the media’s role in their effort to understand how and why issues make it onto a limited political agenda. What we have is two disparate definitions describing, on the one hand, media effects on individuals’ issue priorities, and on the other, how the dynamics of attention perpetuate across the political system. We are left with two notions of agenda setting developed independently of one another to describe media and political systems that are anything but independent of one another. The collective effects of the media on our formal institutions and the mass public are ripe for further, collaborative research. Communications scholars have long understood the agenda setting potential of the news media, but have neglected to extend that understanding beyond its effects on mass public. The link between public opinion and policy is “awesome” and scholarship would benefit from exploring the implications for policy, media, and public opinion. Both policy and communication studies would benefit from a broadened perspective of media influence. Political communication should consider the role of the mass media beyond just the formation of public opinion. The media as an institution is not effectively captured in a linear model of information signaling because the public agenda cannot be complete without an understanding of the policymaking agenda and the role of political elites. And policy scholars can no longer describe policy process without considering the media as a source of disproportionate allocation of attention and information. The positive and negative feedback cycles that spark or stabilize the political system are intimately connected to policy frames and signals produced by the media.

scholarly journals Facilitating Communication across Lines of Political Difference: The Role of Mass Media

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C. Mutz
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Selective Exposure ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Common Complaint ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Media ◽  
Do So

We use national survey data to examine the extent to which various sources of political information expose people to dissimilar political views. We hypothesize that the individual’s ability and desire to exercise selective exposure is a key factor in determining whether a given source produces exposure to dissimilar views. Although a lack of diverse perspectives is a common complaint against American news media, we find that individuals are exposed to far more dissimilar political views via news media than through interpersonal political discussants. The media advantage is rooted in the relative difficulty of selectively exposing oneself to those sources of information, as well as the lesser desire to do so, given the impersonal nature of mass media.

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