The Russian public sphere, 1978–2003
The construction of the citizen role through newspaper discourse. Agency and the political process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12877333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rutger Von Seth (0000-0003-0990-2126, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-29 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Discourse Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-5904 • E-ISSN: 1740-5912 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17405904.2011.533566 |
| OpenAlex | W2074877608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
The Soviet press and media system were part of the state institutions. In the mid-1990s, a significant degree of journalistic freedom that had developed in the late 1980s and the early 1990s was followed by a pronounced democratic setback, which was a result of the general political development in Russia. Despite this, the findings based on qualitative text analysis of articles in the daily press strongly indicate that, from the dissolution of the Soviet state, readers of the press are being increasingly addressed and positioned as active and knowledgeable citizens. The method for text examination is analysis of semantic roles exploring how agency is represented in the sample text material, which covers the democratically critical time span 1978–2003. The findings imply that, although post-Soviet journalism itself faces considerable difficulties, a firm cultural ground for citizen participation in society has been laid through changes in press language. Keywords: Soviet UnionRussian Federationpublic spheredemocratisationcitizen rolediscourse analysissemantic roles Acknowledgement I want to thank the Wenner–Gren Foundation in Stockholm for financing my current work and for contributing to the production of this article
Agency (philosophy · Critical discourse analysis · Democracy · Ideology · Journalism · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |