Theoretical Understanding of News in Digital Era: Transformation of Structure, Influencing Powers, “Life Cycle”
Download paperPhD in Philology, Senior Researcher at the Department of Media Theory and Economics at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: natkacheva52@mail.ruPhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: sergvart@gmail.comSenior Researcher, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: dunas.denis@smi.msu.ruPhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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This article is performed during the first phase of the interdepartmental research project «Analysis and modelling of news lifecycle on social media (Facebook, VKontakte)» by a group of authors. Researchers formulate the hypothesis on the change of the structure, influence forces, and lifecycle of news in the digital era. The issue of the transformation of a theoretical understanding of the news as a key product and as a central concept of the classical theory of journalism in the digital age is actualized.