NATURAL-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE IMAGINATIVE SPACE OF RUSSIA IN MASS MEDIA (CASE STUDY OF THE RIA-NOVOSTI AGENCY)
Abstract
Distribution of the RIA-Novosti agency news dealing with environment and nature management over the regions of Russia is analyzed. The increased attention of mass media to environmental news is characteristic if the events are directly related to political or economic developments of both regional and federal levels; cause a pronounced public response (discussions, large-scale protects, etc.); result in fatalities or serious injuries; threaten the existence of unique natural sites or rare animal species. Regions where the same natural events occur from year to year are also of particular interest for journalists. The maps compiled on the basis of collected data provided for the identification of the principal focuses of mass media attention in 2006-2012 and allowed concluding on their uneven geographic distribution and possible reasons of these irregularities. The resulting maps show the imaginative space of Russia emerging in mass media, rather than the real features of sub-federal units of the country. It is important that it is this environmental portrait of the country that is perceived by the audience of the federal mass media which includes, among others, individuals and institutions responsible for environment-oriented decision-making aimed at the development of the information policy within the Concept of transition of the Russian Federation to sustainable development.
Supporting agencies: Russian Science Foundation (project 15-17-30009)
About the Authors
M. V. Gribok
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Research Scientist, Ph.D. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of Integrated Mapping
Russian Federation
Research Scientist, Ph.D. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of Integrated Mapping
V. S. Tikunov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Head of the Laboratory, D.Sc. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of Integrated Mapping
Russian Federation
Head of the Laboratory, D.Sc. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Research Laboratory of Integrated Mapping
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Gribok M.V., Tikunov V.S. NATURAL-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT OF THE IMAGINATIVE SPACE OF RUSSIA IN MASS MEDIA (CASE STUDY OF THE RIA-NOVOSTI AGENCY). Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2015;(5):17-24. (In Russ.)
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