Primaries in Media Discourse: Russian Context

Abstract

The article describes the Russian media discourse with the word primaries. The relevance of the research is related to the fact that in spring 2016 the word primaries became the word of the moment, the characteristic features of which touch upon three aspects of the word existence - text, lexical and grammatical. Through content analysis and discourse-analysis of media texts the author shows how the word and the concept enter the real communication, in particular in the dialogue of a journalist with his addressee (the latter uses this word in the comments). The process of unfolding the discourse in the media is presented in the form of a scheme by the author, and while primaries moving forward media discourse is divided into several sub-themes, and in each region it establishes its own mini-discourses. At various stages, media discourse is associated with different genres and journalistic texts commenting features. The prospects for research are related to the search for a model of implementation and adaptation of new political practices into modern Russian reality with the help of media communication.