Elena Vartanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 4209508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elena Vartanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elena |
| FAMILY NAME | Vartanova |
| SIGNATURE | VARTANOVA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On representation of conflict in modern academic discourse
This article discusses media researchers’ understanding of the term “conflict,” what types of experience objects social scientists include in this category, and the possibility of categorization and theoretical understanding of these objects in the context of modern media research in Russia and abroad. Also discussed are the theoretical issues of the interaction between media and conflict, theory-based methodology of conflict research, and the ty…
The Triple Typology of Divide
The COVID-19 pandemic affected education worldwide, and journalism faculties and students were not exceptions. In the Russian Federation, all educational institutions, including journalism schools, were obliged with 1 day’s notice to switch their classes from regular face-to-face teaching to remote and online formats. The abruptness of this transfer caused a variety of reactions in academic and student communities. This article presents a country…
Tensions between digital inequalities and digital learning opportunities in Russian universities during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact upon all spheres of our life — social, economic, cultural, political, academic, and others. A shift to a new digital reality intensified already existing digital gaps and inequalities across societies and social groups within the countries and triggered a discussion about new forms of the digital divides in the pandemic and post-pandemic world. One of the areas that have been seriously affected by a shift t…
Between the state and the market
The transformation of Russian news agencies has not previously attracted much academic attention outside Russia, although it provides an interesting case for the study of state–media relations and the growth of digital media technologies. This article explores how TASS, as a state-owned news agency, has been able to retain its position as a domestic and international provider of news in competition with other state- and privately owned agencies i…
Russian media change as a cultural process
Changing patterns of digital news consumption among Russian journalism students
The authors examine features attributed to consumption of news on the Internet by young and active residents of Moscow -students of the Faculty of Journalism at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The empirical data was based on 'news diaries' filled in by students in the course of a week between February 15, 2016 and February 21, 2016, 40 people in total. Authors analyze users' behavior on the web, specifically their interest in various news …
Russian Journalism Education
The article presents a general picture of higher education institutions offering journalism undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs located in different parts of the Russian Federation. Monitoring websites of all the universities with journalism education discovered 150 such institutions. They are unevenly dispersed around the country, but represent a unified system financially supported and quality controlled by the government. Educationa…
The Russian Media Industry in Ten Years
This article presents the results of the first stage of the foresight research project initiated by the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The investigation was based on 49 in-depth semi-structured interviews with media managers and experts and has revealed that the Russian media system in the next ten years is unlikely to fundamentally change. According to the findings of the research the basic business model in Russi…
The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics
Studies of Russian society have traditionally highlighted the particularity of the country's historical path and the irregular, irrational nature of Russian culture (Kangaspuro, 1999). Scholars have described Russia as characterized by numerous contradictory features. Not surprisingly, the nature and structure of the modern Russian media system reflect political, economic, and sociocultural developments deeply rooted in the country's history. Dur…
Russian Media Challenge
Сборник статей, начинающийся с предисловия Михаила Горбачева, содержит тексты российских и финских исследователей о разных аспектах развития российских СМИ в первое постсоветское десятилетие, а также перевод российского закона о печати 1991 года на английский язык. В книге анализируются медиа-структуры, законодательство в области СМИ, роль телевидения во время выборов и другие темы. Приведена основная медиа-статистика
Digital Divide and the Changing Political/Media Environment of Post-Socialist Europe
The progress of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in post-Socialist countries is characterized by uneven economic and technological development, thus leading to contradictory results. Both industry and the social/cultural policies of these countries generally assume that the consequences of ICTs are negative. Various barriers to digital equality have been identified, determined mostly by particular national circumstances. The medi…
Corporate transformation of the Russian mass media
Since 1991, the print and audiovisual industries in Russia have undergone several changes. Powerful media enterprises are emerging. This article gives an overview of ownership structures in the Russian media; and traces the influence of the economic elite on media operations in the country. Apparently, while there is increasing diversity of ownership forms, state control over the media is still strong, and there is a growing influence of Russian …
News Agencies in Post-Communist Russia
The transformation of Russian news agencies occurred within the general framework of perestroika and the ongoing economic, political and social turmoil of Russian society. This article focuses on the new competitive situation in the Russian news market, examines the origins of private news agencies and identifies the major changes in the position and functions of state-owned agencies. New relationships between news agencies as suppliers and the R…
The Russian Media Industry in Ten Years
This article presents the results of the first stage of the foresight research project initiated by the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The investigation was based on 49 in-depth semi-structured interviews with media managers and experts and has revealed that the Russian media system in the next ten years is unlikely to fundamentally change. According to the findings of the research the basic business model in Russi…
Russian Journalism Education
The article presents a general picture of higher education institutions offering journalism undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs located in different parts of the Russian Federation. Monitoring websites of all the universities with journalism education discovered 150 such institutions. They are unevenly dispersed around the country, but represent a unified system financially supported and quality controlled by the government. Educationa…
Digital Divide and the Changing Political/Media Environment of Post-Socialist Europe
The progress of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in post-Socialist countries is characterized by uneven economic and technological development, thus leading to contradictory results. Both industry and the social/cultural policies of these countries generally assume that the consequences of ICTs are negative. Various barriers to digital equality have been identified, determined mostly by particular national circumstances. The medi…
News Agencies in Post-Communist Russia
The transformation of Russian news agencies occurred within the general framework of perestroika and the ongoing economic, political and social turmoil of Russian society. This article focuses on the new competitive situation in the Russian news market, examines the origins of private news agencies and identifies the major changes in the position and functions of state-owned agencies. New relationships between news agencies as suppliers and the R…
Corporate transformation of the Russian mass media
Since 1991, the print and audiovisual industries in Russia have undergone several changes. Powerful media enterprises are emerging. This article gives an overview of ownership structures in the Russian media; and traces the influence of the economic elite on media operations in the country. Apparently, while there is increasing diversity of ownership forms, state control over the media is still strong, and there is a growing influence of Russian …
Digital Divide and the Changing Political/Media Environment of Post-Socialist Europe
The progress of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in post-Socialist countries is characterized by uneven economic and technological development, thus leading to contradictory results. Both industry and the social/cultural policies of these countries generally assume that the consequences of ICTs are negative. Various barriers to digital equality have been identified, determined mostly by particular national circumstances. The medi…
Russian Media Challenge
Сборник статей, начинающийся с предисловия Михаила Горбачева, содержит тексты российских и финских исследователей о разных аспектах развития российских СМИ в первое постсоветское десятилетие, а также перевод российского закона о печати 1991 года на английский язык. В книге анализируются медиа-структуры, законодательство в области СМИ, роль телевидения во время выборов и другие темы. Приведена основная медиа-статистика
The Russian Media Model in the Context of Post-Soviet Dynamics
Studies of Russian society have traditionally highlighted the particularity of the country's historical path and the irregular, irrational nature of Russian culture (Kangaspuro, 1999). Scholars have described Russia as characterized by numerous contradictory features. Not surprisingly, the nature and structure of the modern Russian media system reflect political, economic, and sociocultural developments deeply rooted in the country's history. Dur…
The Russian Media Industry in Ten Years
This article presents the results of the first stage of the foresight research project initiated by the Faculty of Journalism at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The investigation was based on 49 in-depth semi-structured interviews with media managers and experts and has revealed that the Russian media system in the next ten years is unlikely to fundamentally change. According to the findings of the research the basic business model in Russi…
Russian Journalism Education
The article presents a general picture of higher education institutions offering journalism undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs located in different parts of the Russian Federation. Monitoring websites of all the universities with journalism education discovered 150 such institutions. They are unevenly dispersed around the country, but represent a unified system financially supported and quality controlled by the government. Educationa…
Russian media change as a cultural process
Changing patterns of digital news consumption among Russian journalism students
The authors examine features attributed to consumption of news on the Internet by young and active residents of Moscow -students of the Faculty of Journalism at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The empirical data was based on 'news diaries' filled in by students in the course of a week between February 15, 2016 and February 21, 2016, 40 people in total. Authors analyze users' behavior on the web, specifically their interest in various news …
Between the state and the market
The transformation of Russian news agencies has not previously attracted much academic attention outside Russia, although it provides an interesting case for the study of state–media relations and the growth of digital media technologies. This article explores how TASS, as a state-owned news agency, has been able to retain its position as a domestic and international provider of news in competition with other state- and privately owned agencies i…
The Triple Typology of Divide
The COVID-19 pandemic affected education worldwide, and journalism faculties and students were not exceptions. In the Russian Federation, all educational institutions, including journalism schools, were obliged with 1 day’s notice to switch their classes from regular face-to-face teaching to remote and online formats. The abruptness of this transfer caused a variety of reactions in academic and student communities. This article presents a country…
Tensions between digital inequalities and digital learning opportunities in Russian universities during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact upon all spheres of our life — social, economic, cultural, political, academic, and others. A shift to a new digital reality intensified already existing digital gaps and inequalities across societies and social groups within the countries and triggered a discussion about new forms of the digital divides in the pandemic and post-pandemic world. One of the areas that have been seriously affected by a shift t…
On representation of conflict in modern academic discourse
This article discusses media researchers’ understanding of the term “conflict,” what types of experience objects social scientists include in this category, and the possibility of categorization and theoretical understanding of these objects in the context of modern media research in Russia and abroad. Also discussed are the theoretical issues of the interaction between media and conflict, theory-based methodology of conflict research, and the ty…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia (5 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works)