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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">50984</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2026-31-2-420-431</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">IYGZVU</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">Constructing the Risks of AI Regulation: Russian Media Discourse on the EU AI Act</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Конструирование рисков регулирования искусственного интеллекта: дискурс российских СМИ о Законе Европейского союза об ИИ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-4934</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6145-3799</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dushakova</surname><given-names>Irina S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Душакова</surname><given-names>Ирина Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Assistant Professor, Institute of Media, Faculty of Creative Industries</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент, Институт медиа, факультет креативных индустрий</p></bio><email>idushakova@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">HSE University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</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>420</fpage><lpage>431</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, Dushakova I.S.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Душакова И.С.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Dushakova I.S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Душакова И.С.</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/50984">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/50984</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article examines the social dimension of technology adoption and development. Based on Russian media coverage of one of the stages in the adoption of the EU AI Act in June 2023, it analyzes the interpretive flexibility of technology - a situation in which a technology has not yet acquired a fixed evaluation, and this evaluation is being shaped through negotiations. The theoretical framework is the social construction of technology (SCOT), while the analysis of empirical material draws on the discourse theory of E. Laclau and Ch. Mouffe. The analysis shows that this particular stage of adopting AI regulation in the Europe reveals the heterogeneity of positions within the Union: the stance of the governing bodies (the European Commission, which approved this stage) - protecting end-users from potential risks of the new technology; the stance of business - advocating for freer development of AI systems; and the deep involvement of American technology corporations in the negotiation process. The Russian position is presented as more homogeneous; nevertheless, there is a call to accelerate the implementation of Russia’s own regulatory system, with particular attention to the development of material infrastructure.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Исследуется социальное измерение процессов принятия и развития технологий. На материале освещения в российских СМИ одного из этапов принятия EU AI Act в июне 2023 г. анализируется интерпретивная гибкость технологии. Речь о ситуации, когда технология еще не получила однозначной оценки, и эта оценка вырабатывается в ходе переговоров. Теоретической рамкой выступает социальное конструирование технологий (SCOT), анализ эмпирического материала опирается на теорию дискурса Э. Лакло и Ш. Муфф. Показано, что рассмотренный этап принятия регулирования ИИ в Европе обнаруживает неоднородность позиций внутри Союза. Выявлена позиция органов управления (Европейская комиссия, утвердившая данный этап), защищающих конечного потребителя от потенциальных рисков новой технологии, позиция бизнеса, выступающего за более свободное развитие ИИ-систем, а также глубокая включенность американских технологических корпораций в переговорный процесс. Российская позиция представлена как более гомогенная, однако фиксируется запрос на ускорение внедрения собственной регуляторной системы, причем особое внимание уделяется развитию материальной инфраструктуры.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>social construction of technologies</kwd><kwd>EU AI Act</kwd><kwd>artificial intelligence</kwd><kwd>discourse</kwd><kwd>regulation</kwd><kwd>interpretative flexibility</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>социальное конструирование технологий</kwd><kwd>Закон Европейского союза об ИИ</kwd><kwd>искусственный интеллект</kwd><kwd>дискурс</kwd><kwd>регулирование</kwd><kwd>интерпретационная гибкость</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Allen-Robertson, J. (2017). The materiality of digital media: the hard disk drive, phonograph, magnetic tape and optical media in technical close-up. 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