Nationalism in the Russian media

Content analysis of newspaper coverage surrounding conflict in Stavropol, 24 May–7 June 2007

Bibliographic Data

ID11047205
AuthorsCaress Schenk (0000-0001-5738-1906, Nazarbayev University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume40
Issue5
Pages783-805
Publication date2012-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00905992.2012.705271
OpenAlexW2085181386
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited24

This paper considers the role of Russian print media and government in forming and publicizing nationalist sentiment through a content analysis of newspaper coverage of ethnic conflict in Stavropol in 2007. It shows that though the government officially pursues an inclusive multicultural approach (which I call associative nationalism), newspapers owned by Kremlin-loyal business holdings printed quite nationalist and sensationalist versions of the events in question. I argue that this is a passive promotion of a dissociative type of nationalism on the part of the Kremlin, which works against its stated purposes of bringing together all those in the Russian territory into a united national identity

Aesthetics · Art · Government (linguistics · Identity (music · Linguistics · Media studies · Multiculturalism · National identity · Nationalism · Newspaper · Political science · Sensationalism · Sociology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History

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