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Серия: Политология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1438</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1446</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">46519</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1438-2025-27-3-494-506</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">NYPIQM</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POLITICS ONLINE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОЛИТИКА В СЕТИ</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">Network Discourse of Patriotic Online Communities in Modern Russia: Problematic Field and Axiological Modes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сетевой дискурс патриотических онлайн-сообществ в современной России: проблемное поле и аксиологические модусы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-6412</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kozlova</surname><given-names>Natalia N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Козлова</surname><given-names>Наталия Николаевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr.Sc. (Political Science) - Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Political Studies, Institute of Economics and Management</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой политологии, Институт экономики и управления</p></bio><email>tver-rapn@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3478-0792</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Rassadin</surname><given-names>Sergey V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рассадин</surname><given-names>Сергей Валентинович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philosophy - associate Professor of the Department of Political Studies, associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат философских наук, доцент, доцент кафедры политологии, Институт экономики и управления</p></bio><email>s_r08@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Tver State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Тверской государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>27</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Digital policies</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Цифровая политика</issue-title><fpage>494</fpage><lpage>506</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-18"><day>18</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Kozlova N.N., Rassadin S.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Козлова Н.Н., Рассадин С.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kozlova N.N., Rassadin S.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Козлова Н.Н., Рассадин С.В.</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/political-science/article/view/46519">https://journals.rudn.ru/political-science/article/view/46519</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Online communities in social networks have become a vital tool for constructing the value sphere in the last decade. The study presents a study of the problematic content field of the popular patriotic communities “Donetsk / Lugansk / Novorossiya”, “Nikolai Starikov”, “History: Russia and the World” in the aspect of their axiological modes. Publications were selected for each community by continuously uploading data for February 2021, 2022, and 2024, which were processed using the Conceptoscope analytical complex; contextual analysis was performed on keywords, as well as graph-based analysis. The study showed that the problem field of communities consists of several blocks: 1) historical meta-narrative, 2) Russia - the West 3) Ukraine, SMO 4) internal policy of the Russian Federation 5) natural beauty of Russia. The authors conclude that since February 2022, the problematic field of the analyzed communities’ content has been significantly expanded due to the topic of a Special Military Operation (hereinafter referred to as SMO), which is interpreted as an act of protecting the country. The need for consolidation and mobilization of Russian society is actualized; a positive attitude towards SMO becomes a criterion for identifying patriotic forces. In the February 2024 content, the structure of the problem field remains, but the rhetoric of Western double standards is intensifying, the idea of a multipolar world and a new architecture of international relations is being pedaled, as well as the discourse of glorification, patriotism and traditional values is progressing, and the idea of cleansing Russia from internal enemies is gaining momentum. The problem field of the communities is based on the values of a common historical memory, the idea of the sovereignty of the Russian state, the uniqueness of Russian civilization, the consolidation of the Russian world, the enduring nature of traditional values, the condemnation of the axiological foundations of the Western world, the principles of its organization. The successful production and promotion of patriotic content of the analyzed thematic online communities is determined by using an integrated approach combining historical narrative and current events, analytical articles and emotionally saturated materials. It is this approach that makes it possible to give positive axiological modes to patriotism and make it one of the leading factors of socio-political life.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Онлайн-сообщества в социальных сетях в последнее десятилетие стали важнейшим инструментом конструирования ценностной сферы. Представлено исследование проблемного поля контента популярных патриотических сообществ в социальной сети «ВКонтакте» - «Донецк / Луганск / Новороссия», «Николай Стариков», «История: Россия и мир» в аспекте их аксиологических модусов. Для каждого сообщества были выбраны публикации путем сплошной выгрузки данных за февраль 2021, 2022, 2024 гг., которые подверглись обработке при помощи аналитического комплекса «Концептоскоп»; по ключевым словам проводился контекстный анализ, а также анализ на основе графов. Исследование показало, что проблемное поле сообществ состоит из нескольких блоков: 1) исторический метанарратив, 2) Россия - Запад, 3) Украина, СВО, 4) внутренняя политика РФ, 5) природные красоты России. Авторы приходят к выводу, что с февраля 2022 г. проблемное поле контентов анализируемых сообществ существенно расширяется за счет темы Специальной военной операции (СВО), которая трактуется как акт защиты страны; актуализируется необходимость консолидации и мобилизации российского общества; положительное отношение к СВО становится критерием идентификации патриотических сил. В контенте за февраль 2024 г. структура проблемного поля сохраняется, однако усиливается риторика двойных стандартов Запада, педалируется идея многополярного мира и новой архитектуры международных отношений, а также прогрессирует дискурс героизации, патриотизма и традиционных ценностей, набирает силу идея очищения России от внутренних врагов. Проблемное поле сообществ опирается на ценности общей исторической памяти, идеи суверенности российского государства, уникальности российской цивилизации, консолидации русского мира, непреходящего характера традиционных ценностей, осуждения аксиологических оснований западного мира и принципов его организации. Успешное производство и продвижение патриотического контента анализируемых тематических онлайн-сообществ определяется использованием комплексного подхода, сочетающего исторический нарратив и актуальный событийный ряд, аналитические статьи и эмоционально-насыщенные материалы. Именно данный подход позволяет придать позитивные аксиологические модусы патриотизму и сделать его одним из ведущих факторов общественно-политической жизни.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>online discourse</kwd><kwd>patriotism</kwd><kwd>online communities</kwd><kwd>values</kwd><kwd>historical memory</kwd><kwd>Russia - West</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>сетевой дискурс</kwd><kwd>патриотизм</kwd><kwd>онлайн-сообщества</kwd><kwd>ценности</kwd><kwd>историческая память</kwd><kwd>Россия - Запад</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена при поддержке Минобрнауки РФ и ЭИСИ, проект FEMS-2024-0006 «Патриотические и семейные ценности как константы цивилизационного развития России».</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The study is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the EISI, the FEMS-2024-0006 project “Patriotic and Family values as constants of Russia’s civilizational development”.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-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">Aseeva, T.A., &amp; Shashkova, Ya.Yu. 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