Dynamics of the representation of Orthodox values in Russian federal publications

Section: Modern Journalism: Subjects and Issues

The article is devoted to an analysis of Russian federal newspapers for materials whose object is Orthodox values. The article also traces the dynamics of their representation in 2019 and 2023. The relevance of the research is related to the search by the modern Russian state for meanings uniting society. In the Russian context, it is precisely Orthodox values that can become such meanings. The main stages of the work included a theoretical understanding of the concept of Orthodox values, a content analysis of the main Russian federal publications Rossiyskaya gazeta, Komsomol’skaya pravda and Moskovskiy komsomolets for the presence of texts containing Orthodox values. The study confirmed the hypothesis of an increase in the share of publications of this type in the total number of texts in 2023 compared to 2019, due to a change in the socio-political and spiritual situation in the country, the authorities’ focus on promoting traditional, including Christian and Orthodox, values.

DOI: 10.55959/msu.vestnik.journ.4.2026.2243

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