Author: Oxana A. Andrienko
Communicology. 2017. Vol.5. No.3
Oxana A. Andrienko, PR manager at Confidence Capital (Euro House, 133 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LJ, UK), PhD student at Russian Academy of Science Sociology Institute. Address of residence: UK, London, St. Crighton, 7, N10 1NX. E-mail: oxanaandrienko@yandex.ru
Abstract. In December 2012 the Russian State Duma (Parliament) introduced a draft law imposing sanctions against US citizens who had allegedly violated the human rights of Russians. The move was linked to a ban on future adoptions of Russian children by Americans. The measure was dubbed the “Dima Yakovlev Law” by Senators referring to the name of a Russian toddler adopted by Americans who was accidentally locked inside a car by his adoptive father during hot weather in 2008. The child died of heat stroke.
The adoption of the “Dima Yakovlev Law” generated a huge public outcry in Russia from the media as well as opposition activists and even a section of state representatives. The Russian news world has split into two teams – team State Duma and Team opposition.
The coverage of this subject by Russian media differs from one newspaper to another with respect to its policy. Using a content analysis of the print and online Russian media this study looks into the ways of coverage this case by pro-Putin newspapers as well as opposition ones and examines a level of ability of some newspapers to be critical towards the government and another ones to be supportive to the government. It is presumed that propaganda of the government’s as well as the State Duma’s actions took place with regard to promoting new ways of adoption. The other part of the media is considered to be an opponent to the first one and we look into the real content and try to discover whether there is a critics towards the law adoption or not and to what extent.
Keywords: sanctions, law, content analysis, news
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For citation: Andrienko O. A. The Role of Propaganda in Representation of Orphan Issues by Russian Print and Online Newspapers in Russia. To what Extent Are Newspapers Allowed to Criticize the Government’s Activity? Communicology (Russia). Vol. 5. No 1. P. 141-158 DOI 10.21453/2311-3065-2017-5-3-141-158
References
Altheide David L. 2009. Moral panic: From sociological concept to public discourse, in. Altheide David L. Crime Media Culture, Sage.
Carvalho, Anabela. 2010. Media(ted) discourse and society: rethinking the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, in: Richardson John E. (Ed.), Language and Journalism, Oxon: Routledge. P.10-27.
Curran, James. 2011. Media and democracy, Oxon: Routledge.
Curran, James. 2002. Media and power, London: Routledge.
Davies, Nick. 2008. Flat Earth News: An Award-Winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media, Random House UK.
Ericson, Richard V. Baranek Patricia M. and Chan Janet B. L. (1989) Negotiating Control: a study of news sources, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Fairclough, Norman. 1995. Media discourse, Trowbridge: Redwood Books.
Hall, Stuart. 1973. Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse. Birmingham [England: Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham.
Hall, Stuart. 2002. Policing the crisis: mugging, the state and law and order, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hall, Stuart. 1997. Representation: cultural representation and signifying practices, Milton Keynes.
Herman, Edward S. and Chomsky, Noam. 1988. Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media, New York: Pantheon Books.
Kovach, Bill and Rosenstiel, Tom. 2007. The elements of journalism: what newspeople should know and the public should expect, New York: Three rivers press.
Macdonald, Scott. 2007. Propaganda and information warfare in the twenty-first century: altered images and deception operations, London: Routledge.
McNair, Brian. 1991. Reform and restructuring in the Soviet media: before and after the August 1991, in: Eldridge John (Ed.) Getting the message: news, truth and power (1993), London: Routledge.
Panfilov, Oleg. 2005. Putin and the Press: The revival of Soviet-style propaganda, London: Foreign Policy Centre.
Reich, Zvi. 2011. Source credibility and journalism: between visceral and discretional judgment, Routledge.
Reich, Zvi. 2011. Source credibility as a journalistic work tool, in: Franklin, Bob and Carlson, Matt (Ed.), Journalists, sources and credibility: new perspectives, Oxon: Routledge. P.19-37.
Van Dijk, Teun. 1988. News as discourse, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Internet sources
Igor Dunaevsky, Maksim Makarychev. 2012. Worse than a Dog. Rossiyskaya Gazeta, December 20,2012. http://www.rg.ru/2012/12/19/deti-site.html. (In Russ).
The State Duma can’t issue an adequate response to the US Magnitsky Act. Kommersant. December 14, 2012, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2089893?isSearch=True. (In Russ).
From the Editorial: Dima Yakovlev Law vs Magnitsky List. Vedomosti. December 12, 2012, http:// www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/news/7078741/ubijstvennyj_otvet. (In Russ).
Gazeta.ru was closed in Ulyanovsk. Gazeta.ru, June, 25, 2013, http://www.gazeta.ru/ social/2013/06/24/5391777.shtml. (In Russ).
Peter Finn. 2017. Russia Casts A Selective Net in Piracy Crackdown, November 14, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302070. html?hpid=topnews. (In Russ).
Alexander Panov. 2013. We don’t understand what’s happening. Novaya Gazeta. January 10, 2013, http://novayagazeta-nn.ru/reklama/profile.html. (In Russ).
Anna Artemyeva, Elena Kostyuchenko. 2013. Unnatural selection. Novaya Gazeta. February 11, 2013, http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/56263.html. (In Russ).
Communicology. 2017. Vol.5. No.3
Oxana A. Andrienko, PR manager at Confidence Capital (Euro House, 133 Ballards Lane, London, N3 1LJ, UK), PhD student at Russian Academy of Science Sociology Institute. Address of residence: UK, London, St. Crighton, 7, N10 1NX. E-mail: oxanaandrienko@yandex.ru
Abstract. In December 2012 the Russian State Duma (Parliament) introduced a draft law imposing sanctions against US citizens who had allegedly violated the human rights of Russians. The move was linked to a ban on future adoptions of Russian children by Americans. The measure was dubbed the “Dima Yakovlev Law” by Senators referring to the name of a Russian toddler adopted by Americans who was accidentally locked inside a car by his adoptive father during hot weather in 2008. The child died of heat stroke.
The adoption of the “Dima Yakovlev Law” generated a huge public outcry in Russia from the media as well as opposition activists and even a section of state representatives. The Russian news world has split into two teams – team State Duma and Team opposition.
The coverage of this subject by Russian media differs from one newspaper to another with respect to its policy. Using a content analysis of the print and online Russian media this study looks into the ways of coverage this case by pro-Putin newspapers as well as opposition ones and examines a level of ability of some newspapers to be critical towards the government and another ones to be supportive to the government. It is presumed that propaganda of the government’s as well as the State Duma’s actions took place with regard to promoting new ways of adoption. The other part of the media is considered to be an opponent to the first one and we look into the real content and try to discover whether there is a critics towards the law adoption or not and to what extent.
Keywords: sanctions, law, content analysis, news
Text: PDF
For citation: Andrienko O. A. The Role of Propaganda in Representation of Orphan Issues by Russian Print and Online Newspapers in Russia. To what Extent Are Newspapers Allowed to Criticize the Government’s Activity? Communicology (Russia). Vol. 5. No 1. P. 141-158 DOI 10.21453/2311-3065-2017-5-3-141-158
References
Altheide David L. 2009. Moral panic: From sociological concept to public discourse, in. Altheide David L. Crime Media Culture, Sage.
Carvalho, Anabela. 2010. Media(ted) discourse and society: rethinking the framework of Critical Discourse Analysis, in: Richardson John E. (Ed.), Language and Journalism, Oxon: Routledge. P.10-27.
Curran, James. 2011. Media and democracy, Oxon: Routledge.
Curran, James. 2002. Media and power, London: Routledge.
Davies, Nick. 2008. Flat Earth News: An Award-Winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media, Random House UK.
Ericson, Richard V. Baranek Patricia M. and Chan Janet B. L. (1989) Negotiating Control: a study of news sources, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Fairclough, Norman. 1995. Media discourse, Trowbridge: Redwood Books.
Hall, Stuart. 1973. Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse. Birmingham [England: Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham.
Hall, Stuart. 2002. Policing the crisis: mugging, the state and law and order, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hall, Stuart. 1997. Representation: cultural representation and signifying practices, Milton Keynes.
Herman, Edward S. and Chomsky, Noam. 1988. Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media, New York: Pantheon Books.
Kovach, Bill and Rosenstiel, Tom. 2007. The elements of journalism: what newspeople should know and the public should expect, New York: Three rivers press.
Macdonald, Scott. 2007. Propaganda and information warfare in the twenty-first century: altered images and deception operations, London: Routledge.
McNair, Brian. 1991. Reform and restructuring in the Soviet media: before and after the August 1991, in: Eldridge John (Ed.) Getting the message: news, truth and power (1993), London: Routledge.
Panfilov, Oleg. 2005. Putin and the Press: The revival of Soviet-style propaganda, London: Foreign Policy Centre.
Reich, Zvi. 2011. Source credibility and journalism: between visceral and discretional judgment, Routledge.
Reich, Zvi. 2011. Source credibility as a journalistic work tool, in: Franklin, Bob and Carlson, Matt (Ed.), Journalists, sources and credibility: new perspectives, Oxon: Routledge. P.19-37.
Van Dijk, Teun. 1988. News as discourse, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Internet sources
Igor Dunaevsky, Maksim Makarychev. 2012. Worse than a Dog. Rossiyskaya Gazeta, December 20,2012. http://www.rg.ru/2012/12/19/deti-site.html. (In Russ).
The State Duma can’t issue an adequate response to the US Magnitsky Act. Kommersant. December 14, 2012, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2089893?isSearch=True. (In Russ).
From the Editorial: Dima Yakovlev Law vs Magnitsky List. Vedomosti. December 12, 2012, http:// www.vedomosti.ru/opinion/news/7078741/ubijstvennyj_otvet. (In Russ).
Gazeta.ru was closed in Ulyanovsk. Gazeta.ru, June, 25, 2013, http://www.gazeta.ru/ social/2013/06/24/5391777.shtml. (In Russ).
Peter Finn. 2017. Russia Casts A Selective Net in Piracy Crackdown, November 14, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111302070. html?hpid=topnews. (In Russ).
Alexander Panov. 2013. We don’t understand what’s happening. Novaya Gazeta. January 10, 2013, http://novayagazeta-nn.ru/reklama/profile.html. (In Russ).
Anna Artemyeva, Elena Kostyuchenko. 2013. Unnatural selection. Novaya Gazeta. February 11, 2013, http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/56263.html. (In Russ).
