Infotainment on Russian TV as a tool of desacralization of Soviet myths and creation of a myth about the future
This paper deals with the process of incorporation of “infotainment” in the Russian television industry. Professional journalism is analyzed as a tool for the interpretation of facts, which have contributed to erode the myths of mass consciousness, which were formed by Soviet propaganda. According t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/33234 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11441/33234 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Russian television Infotainment Social myths The discourse of intellectuals Televisión rusa Infoentretenimiento Mitos sociales El discurso de los intelectuales |
| Sumario: | This paper deals with the process of incorporation of “infotainment” in the Russian television industry. Professional journalism is analyzed as a tool for the interpretation of facts, which have contributed to erode the myths of mass consciousness, which were formed by Soviet propaganda. According to the author, television news and other infotainment programs have affected socio-cultural processes in Russia; in particular, they have contributed to shaping the worldview of post-Soviet intellectuals, known as the “new intelligentsia”. |
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