RUDN JOURNALISM AS A SOCIOCULTURAL PHENOMENON BLOG

By Bernarda Vasquez ----- A few days ago, right as I was talking to a relative in Ecuador, an earthquake occurred! Living in Russia, I don’t have access to my country’s traditional media, so it was through social networks that I was able to instantly know the magnitude of the event and people’s comments about the affected areas, and later to read the complete information from digital newspapers and watch news streamings. All the media touchpoints happened through my smartphone and this experience shows how media convergence happens in today’s life. Since the beginning of 2000, technology and communication have developed in an interconnected way. The popularization of the Internet has put together computing, communication and content and has pushed media to take some digital routes. This results in media convergence, which refers to the relationship between the old and new media, without one necessarily replacing the other, but uniting and complementing themselves, allowing social inter...

By Hassan Zeinab Journalism has always been a way to connect all different parts of the world together. And this industry is developing day by day. The move from a media environment defined by broadcasting and newspapers to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated environment is the most fundamental change in how people communicate since the development of the printing press. Today with the new world of the internet comes a new form of journalism: Convergent Journalism, it is the multimedia journalism that is being very powerful and effective across multiple platforms and mediums for many different reasons. First, Convergent Journalism brings together multiple forms of media to tell more effective story. The incorporation of multimedia elements makes news websites more informative and entertaining. Nowadays, the way how people are understanding the news event and perceiving the world is shaped by images and videos, and no longer depending on texts. For example, when pe...

  By  JOBIN K ISSAC The word ‘media’ is derived from the word medium, signifying mode or carrier. Media is intended to reach and address a large target group or audience. The word was first used in respect of books and newspapers i.e. print media and with the advent of technology, media now encompasses television, movies, radio and internet. In today’s world, media becomes as essential as our daily needs. Media of today is playing an outstanding role in creating and shaping of public opinion and strengthening of society. Media is the sword arm of Democracy, Media acts as watchdog to protect public interest against malpractice and create public awareness in this era of liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG) the world has reached our drawing room thanks to media, without media, the news of government schemes and benefits would have never reached the target audience. Media is a double edge sword which creates awareness and encourages people to act in a progressive ...

  By Said EL MARDA Nowadays everyone watches TV and reads news on the Internet, the information can easily spread widely after a few clicks, it does not matter if it is true or it is just gossip, this is what influences the behavior of individuals within society and makes them change their opinions, this impact can be positive as well as negative. The positive effect lies in providing society with information and opinions about political, social, or economic positions, and supporting individuals to exercise freedom of expression and decision-making, on the other hand, the negative impact of the media on society can lead to negative things such as poverty, crime, and violence... The mean goal of media is to raise the level of awareness among people and improve the level of their culture and living, as it also creates some kind of awareness about social and economic issues.   If we say that the media influences society, as it is also influenced by it, here we can also...

 Student: Zheng HaoYuan（John） "Media is an extension of the human body", media can be everything, everything is a medium, all media can have some connection with human organs, in the sense of communication refers to the use of media to store and disseminate information material tools. If this is the case, then the relationship is too complicated, so I will only briefly talk about the media in Devleur's words-the mass media, which is our media today. I will divide it into mainstream media (official media) and independent media (we media). Mainstream media With the development of human beings, the role of the media is gradually improving. Looking at the history, we can easily find that with the evolution of the times, people must have more and more ways to obtain information, and more and more people can obtain social information. A large part of this comes from the official guidance of public opinion. For example, the earliest Journalismpaper in China is the official J...

  The relationship and impact of the journalism on society and its culture Defining the concept of journalism Journalism is defined as a group of means of communication that reach the largest possible number of people in the shortest possible time, such as television, print newspapers, radio and magazines. affiliated with the government. the term (journalism), is the profession that depends on the formulation, transmission, publication and analysis of news, articles, and literary texts published in a press publication. Political, social, and cultural, related to peoples, local and international communities. The press is one of the important tools in society; It contributes to the formation of a set of intellectual dimensions related to the information of individuals within the same society, and brings them closer to their surroundings, and provides them with all the news about the topics they are interested in pursuing, such as: sports, art, general information, medical studies, an...

  Media influences both society and culture. Different forms of communication, including messages in the mass media, give shape and structure to society.Media,society and culture they inform, educate and entertain people. They also influence the way people look at the world and change their views.Mass Media activities have been commendable at any point of time of history in informing, educating or entertaining the people all over the world. Every media have had their share of effects on the society and has been responsible in their own way for changes in socio-economic and cultural aspects. Culture is defined as the way of life of a people, a composite of historical and living traditions, beliefs, values and practices, reflected as much in patterns of childbirth, marriage and death, as in the music, dance, drama, theatre, clothing, public tastes and values, and in the religious practices of the given social system.The culture of any society is important because that is what differe...

By Bernarda Vasquez -------------- Globalization and technology have connected the world more than ever and broadened the audience diversity of several industries, including journalism. A news article can be read at the same time in Thailand as in Ecuador. For that reason, journalists must be more aware of the words they use to avoid being interpreted as discriminatory on the basis of religion, nationality, gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, etc. Words have power and shape how we see the world. Anyone who speaks 2 or more languages can agree that there are some expressions that cannot be translated as they lose meaning or do not accurately portray our thoughts. But discrepancies can also happen in our own language, when words don’t represent coherently our ideas or unconsciously hinder or foster inclusivity. Fortunately, languages are living entities that grow and change to suit our needs and time. Therefore languages evolve because society evolves. Words have the ability to tran...

By: Yara Hasan. We can see the expansion of the press in most political, economic and sports fields in The Arabic world, while the social aspect of the press is limited to a very limited extent in some weekly and monthly magazines, as the social press does not occupy a sufficient space for it in Arab societies, especially in Syria which has been suffering from war for 10 years already. social and cultural press considered one of the most important aspects that must be given enough  It has, especially in light of the disintegrating Arab conditions, and since social journalism pertains to society in general from small to large, it was necessary to preserve this type of journalism, which is considered complementary to society and an important intellectual feeding tool for human minds by guiding them to the most important issues in their daily lives and the problems faced by some to find the best kind of way to solve those problems. But in Syria social press has always been underestima...

  By Mustapha Muhammed Jamiu(Course Instructor)  Welcome to the weekly blog on the course "Journalism As a Sociocultural Phenomenon" of the English masters student of Global Journalism program of the Mass Communication Department of RUDN University of Russia.  The goal of the course is to help students to form a critical perspective on the relationship of journalism and sociocultural phenomenon their current environment, their involvement in its growth, development and challenges.  In this weekly blog, student are expected to write a 500 words blog post on the topic and question  relating to key topics and themes addressed in the module which will given by the lecturer at the end of the lesson. Remember that c ritical thinking, academic research, writing and referencing skills will be assessed. To achieve a maximum point and grade at the end of the module, you are required to do the following; Post your 500 words article(by due date). Write your name as I did ...