Abstract
Today such processes as globalization, rapid pace of migration, urbanization have led to a considerable marginalization of the languages and cultures of ethnic groups in Russia. One of promising ways to sustain and develop these languages and cultures is fostering their representation in cyberspace. Current research is aimed at examining 124 websites in four languages, which are widely used in Russia – Tatar, Chuvash, Bashkir, and Chechen, identifying the degree of the cultural and linguistic diversity of these websites, singling out their general trends, considering how well four aforementioned ethnic groups are currently represented in cyberspace, and discussing what the reasons for this are.
Notes on contributor
Dr Anna Gladkova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism. Dr Gladkova holds the position of Senior Researcher at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics. Dr Gladkova defended her Ph.D. thesis in 2012. Besides her work as Senior Researcher, Dr Gladkova holds the position of Director of the Office of International Affairs at the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 2014) and Executive Editor of the academic journal World of Media. Yearbook of Russian Media and Journalism Studies; ISSN 2307-1605 (since 2012).
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32. See for example http://www.tatar-history.narod.ru
33. See for example http://www.an-tat.ru
36. See Footnotenote 35.