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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">26946</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-2-302-310</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Russian Public Relations in 2020: Peculiar Features of Transformation</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Российские связи с общественностью в 2020 году: особенности трансформации</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shilina</surname><given-names>Marina G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шилина</surname><given-names>Марина Григорьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Philology, Professor, Chair of Advertising, Public Relations and Design</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, профессор, кафедра рекламы, связей с общественностью и дизайна</p></bio><email>marina.shilina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Volkova</surname><given-names>Irina I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волкова</surname><given-names>Ирина Ивановна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Philology, Professor, Department of Mass Communication</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, профессор, кафедра массовых коммуникаций</p></bio><email>marina.shilina@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Plekhanov Russian University of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский экономический университет имени Г.В. Плеханова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-07-02" publication-format="electronic"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 26, NO2 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 26, №2 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>302</fpage><lpage>310</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-07-02"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Shilina M.G., Volkova I.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Шилина М.Г., Волкова И.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Shilina M.G., Volkova I.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Шилина М.Г., Волкова И.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/26946">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/26946</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The paper presents the current transformations of Russian public relations during the SaRS-COVID-19 pandemic and remote working in 2020. In response to the crisis and uncertainty, companies have adapted and restructured corporate strategies and communications. The increasing demand for communication support of strategies and daily support of corporate activities indicates the growing significance of PR and the implementation of organizational strategies, as well as the demand for the optimization of corporate communication in society. The PR industry in general and professional communication are becoming more and more integrated due to the attraction of knowledge, competencies, specialists from a wide range of related industries: marketing, sociology, management. The current communication situation caused changes in the characteristics of Russian PR in the segment of communication agencies. Despite the traditionally high volume of the agencies’ marketing services, the growth of crisis and digital communications has turned to be stable, which indicates the demand for more flexible PR formats. Based on an analysis of public relations of the leading local communication agencies in 2020, the authors put forward a hypothesis on the formation of the prerequisites for the transition of Russian public relations to the format of strategic communications.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Впервые представлен анализ актуальных трансформаций российских связей с общественностью в условиях пандемии SaRS-COVID-19 и дистанта в 2020 г. В ситуации кризиса и неопределенности компании адаптировали и реструктурировали корпоративные стратегии и коммуникации. Возрастающий спрос на коммуникационную поддержку стратегий и поддержку ежедневной корпоративной деятельности определил растущее значение PR в реализации организационных стратегий, а также потребность в оптимизации корпоративных коммуникаций в обществе. PR-индустрия в целом и профессиональная коммуникация становятся все более интегрированными за счет привлечения знаний, компетенций, специалистов из широкого круга смежных отраслей: маркетинга, социологии, менеджмента. Сложившаяся ситуация изменила характеристики российского PR в сегменте коммуникационных агентств. Несмотря на традиционно высокий объем маркетинговых услуг агентств, рост кризисных и цифровых коммуникаций оказался стабильным, что свидетельствует о востребованности более гибких форматов PR. На основе анализа связей с общественностью ведущих отечественных коммуникационных агентств в 2020 г. выдвинута гипотеза о формировании предпосылок для перехода российских связей с общественностью в формат стратегических коммуникаций.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Russian public relations</kwd><kwd>remote working</kwd><kwd>function</kwd><kwd>transformation</kwd><kwd>assessment of PR efficiency</kwd><kwd>strategic communication</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>российские связи с общественностью</kwd><kwd>дистант</kwd><kwd>функция</kwd><kwd>трансформация</kwd><kwd>оценка эффективности PR</kwd><kwd>стратегическая коммуникация</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>RASO. (2021, March 5). The strategic role of digital PR in Russia and how communication processes are being transformed. (In Russ.) 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