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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">50983</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2026-31-2-409-419</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">JBYQLP</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">Agenda-Building through Micro-Topics: A Case Study of Crimean Print Media, 2019-2021</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Микротемы как инструмент формирования медиаповестки: анализ крымской прессы 2019-2021 гг</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0661-7680</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4652-8628</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Egorova</surname><given-names>Lyudmila G.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Егорова</surname><given-names>Людмила Геннадьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Grand PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Journalism</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор филологических наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой журналистики</p></bio><email>legora@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Crimean Engineering Pedagogical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Крымский инженерно-педагогический университет им. Февзи Якубова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>31</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>409</fpage><lpage>419</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-02"><day>02</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Egorova L.G.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Егорова Л.Г.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Egorova L.G.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Егорова Л.Г.</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/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/50983">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/50983</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article examines the micro-topic structure of regional political media discourse in the Republic of Crimea in 2019-2021, based on publications from the print newspapers Krymskaya Gazeta and Krymskaya Pravda. This case study aims to identify recurring micro-topics through which regional media shape the political agenda, as well as to determine the place and significance of the micro-topic “The Legal Status of Crimea” in the structuring of media discourse. This micro-topic was selected for analysis due to its analytical relevance as a point where regional, national, and external political contexts intersect. From an agenda-building perspective, micro-topics are treated as operational indicators of issue salience in local media agendas, while differences in their actualization are interpreted through framing and discourse-analytic lenses. The empirical material comprises approximately 3,000 media texts selected through continuous sampling of all texts meeting the inclusion criteria from the print editions of the two newspapers over the specified period. The study employs elements of both quantitative and qualitative analysis, including micro-topic-based comparison of publications and examination of changes in micro-topic representation over time. Particular attention is paid to the ways micro-topics are incorporated into media texts and to their role in shaping interpretive contexts. The findings reveal that, despite a formally similar set of micro-topics, the two newspapers differ in the ways these micro-topics are actualized and in the overall logic of discourse organization. Krymskaya Gazeta is primarily oriented toward informational coverage of administrative processes and explanation of official decisions, whereas Krymskaya Pravda constructs media discourse within a more interpretive and polemical framework, regularly relating regional events to the external political context. The micro-topic “The Legal Status of Crimea” is not quantitatively dominant; however, it performs an important structural function by linking different thematic blocks and framing the interpretation of socially and politically significant events.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Анализируется микротематическая структура регионального политического медиадискурса Республики Крым 2019-2021 гг. на материале публикаций печатных изданий «Крымская газета» и «Крымская правда». Цель - выявление устойчивых микротем, посредством которых региональные средства массовой информации формируют политическую повестку, а также определение места и значения микротемы «Правовой статус Крыма» в организации медиадискурса. Выбор данной микротемы обусловлен ее аналитической значимостью с точки пересечения регионального, общегосударственного и внешнеполитического контекстов. Микротематическая структура рассматривается как индикатор распределения внимания в региональной повестке, как уровень, на котором проявляются различия в способах смыслового оформления политически значимых тем. Эмпирическую базу исследования составили около 3 тыс. медиатекстов, отобранных методом сплошной выборки материалов, удовлетворяющих критериям включения из печатных версий указанных изданий за 2019-2021 гг. Использованы элементы количественного и качественного анализа, включая микротематическое сопоставление публикаций двух газет и анализ динамики представленности микротем по годам. Особое внимание уделено способам включения микротем в структуру медиатекста и их роли в формировании интерпретационного контекста. В результате показано, что при формальном совпадении набора микротем различия между изданиями проявляются в способах их актуализации и в логике организации медиадискурса. «Крымская газета» ориентирована преимущественно на информационное сопровождение управленческих процессов и разъяснение принимаемых решений, тогда как «Крымская правда» выстраивает медиадискурс в интерпретационной и полемической логике, регулярно соотнося региональные события с внешнеполитическим контекстом. Установлено, что микротема «Правовой статус Крыма» не является количественно доминирующей, однако выполняет важную структурную функцию, обеспечивая смысловое связывание различных тематических блоков и задавая рамку интерпретации значимых общественно-политических событий.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>regional media</kwd><kwd>agenda-building</kwd><kwd>political media discourse</kwd><kwd>micro-topics</kwd><kwd>Republic of Crimea</kwd><kwd>legal status of Crimea</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>региональные СМИ</kwd><kwd>формирование повестки дня</kwd><kwd>политический медиадискурс</kwd><kwd>микротемы</kwd><kwd>Республика Крым</kwd><kwd>правовой статус Крыма</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Braun, K., Döringer, S., &amp; Heurich, M. (2025). 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