Russian-Language Press Of The United States In The Space Of Digital Media

Abstract

The scale and pace of development of the modern information society have led to the transformation of the usual personal space of representatives of many societies. On the one hand, global processes at the same time unify social and cultural life; on the other hand, mass media consumers are still looking for bonds that allow them, even in the conditions of increasing volumes of information flows, to preserve their identity. From this point of view, a unique empirical material for researchers is the Russian-language press published abroad, in particular, in the United States. In the context of globalization, the process of personal identity transformation is closely, as the authors prove, interrelated with the processes of technological changes in the media, as well as with the competition between mass media and social networks, and changing social and communicative practices. The empirical basis of the article is the results of thematic monitoring of Russian-language newspapers of the United States and content analysis of Russian-language newspapers that have been published in Texas in October through December of 2018 and January through March of 2019. The authors have identified a number of signs of integrity and connectivity violation of media texts of these newspapers. Modern media practice, as shown in the article, also shows that the Russian-language press abroad in its content is one of the forms of reflection of the collective cultural and communicative memory.