complicated situation in Ukraine’s modern politics and mass media requires an examination of the historical background, in particular the situation of Ukrainian mass media on the eve of the elections to the parliament of Ukraine on 28 October 2012. he main objective of the study is to analyze the activities and development tendencies of Ukrainian mass media on the eve of parliamentary elections...

the aim of this paper is to show that modern media are not totally independent of the older media and that there is, specifically, a kind of language transfer from older media such as television to the modern ones. although internet users enjoy relatively more freedom in the virtual reality public domains compared with real public domains, their political communications in negotiation rooms are...

BACKGROUND Media utilization has been identified as an important determinant of tobacco use. We examined the association between self-reported tobacco use and frequency of mass media utilization by women and men in nine low-to middle-income sub-Saharan African countries. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Data for the study came from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in Burkina Faso, Ethio...

The purpose of the publication was to study processes popularization Russian language in modern media. forms and methods representation linguistic popular science content media is due need promote theoretical knowledge skills among native speakers. article identifies most phenomena that have become subject publications, analyzes structure materials thematic focus. work results a classification ...

The article examines the concept of mass culture as a cultural universal in its modern manifestations and phenomena. author consistently develops thesis about mediatization information space. purpose this work is to identify characteristic features culture, well current trends environment. Mass attributed division into ranks from “low” “high”, but today there tendency erase these facets. comple...

Statement of the problem. Euphemisms neutralize social discourse softening negative impact taboo topics that can cause public disapproval and anxiety. At present, military-political euphemisms are widely used in Russian media which known for their manipulativeness tendency to double standards, with help truth what is happening deliberately hidden. The purpose article analyze euphemism speech st...