Newspapers and Magazines in the Media System of Million Cities: a Sociological Study

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Luiza G. Svitich

Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: svitichb@yandex.ru
Olga V. Smirnova

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: smirnova.olga@smi.msu.ru
Mikhail V. Shkondin

Doctor of Philology, Professor, Leading Researcher at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: skond@mail.ru

Section: Sociology of Journalism

The article presents the results of a sociological study of the media system of today’s million cities, the place of print media in this media system and their main structural, thematic and functional characteristics. The study involving more than 400 newspapers and magazines from 13 cities of over one million people aimed to examine the main demographic, economic and socio-cultural factors that shape the media system of these cities. It also elicited the average structural model of the modern press in million cities.

Keywords: media system of million cities, newspapers and magazines, structural, thematic and functional media model
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