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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 Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">52838</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2026-26-3-902-916</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">TYKHVC</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Sociological lectures</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социологический лекторий</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">Transmedia political narrative: Methodology of analysis and conceptual framework</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Трансмедийный политический нарратив: методология анализа и рамки концепта</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Chugrov</surname><given-names>S. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чугров</surname><given-names>Сергей Владиславович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор социологических наук, профессор кафедры социологии</bio><email>s.chugrov@inno.mgimo.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kucharina</surname><given-names>S. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кучарина</surname><given-names>София Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru">аспирант кафедры социологии</bio><email>sofiyadolganova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">MGIMO University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">МГИМО-Университет МИД РФ</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">JOURNAL’S ANNIVERSARY</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ЮБИЛЕЙ ЖУРНАЛА</issue-title><fpage>902</fpage><lpage>916</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-10-15"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Chugrov S.V., Kucharina S.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Чугров С.В., Кучарина С.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chugrov S.V., Kucharina S.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чугров С.В., Кучарина С.А.</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/sociology/article/view/52838">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/52838</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The transfer of the concept of “transmediality” from media theory to the field of political sociology, although undoubtedly heuristically justified, raises the methodological question of excessive metaphor and fuzziness of application. The article aims at bridging this gap by developing a clear analytical model for the study of transmedia political narratives and operationalization of related concepts. The article’s methodological basis is a systematic analysis of scientific literature, theoretical modeling and an illustrative case study. The conducted study allowed the authors to present an original three-level model of the transmedia political narratives analysis. The first, ideological-mythological, level focuses on the basic plot, archetypes and key characters of the narrative. The second, media-platform, level reveals the architecture of the distribution of semantic elements through specific communication channels, in which each platform format makes a unique contribution to the revealing of the common “universe”. The third, praxeological, level analyzes the audience’s engagement practices - from co-creation of content to participation in rituals through which narratives materialize in social actions. The authors’ main conclusion is that the concept of transmedia political narratives provides a productive tool for analyzing contemporary ideologies that function not as rigid doctrines but as decentralized, adaptive and involving systems of meaning generation. However, application of this tool requires a consistent interdisciplinary approach that takes into account the specifics of the political field.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Перенос концепта «трансмедийность» из медиатеории в сферу политической социологии, хотя, несомненно, является эвристически плодотворным, порождает методологическую проблему избыточной метафоричности и размытости применения. Статья направлена на преодоление этого разрыва путем разработки четкой аналитической модели для изучения трансмедийных политических нарративов и операционализации смежных понятий. Методологическую основу исследования составляет системный анализ научной литературы, теоретическое моделирование и иллюстративный кейс-стади. В итоге предложена оригинальная трехуровневая модель анализа трансмедийных политических нарративов: первый, идеолого-мифологический, уровень фокусируется на базовом сюжете, архетипах и ключевых символах нарратива; второй, медийно-платформенный, уровень раскрывает архитектуру распределения смысловых элементов по специфичным каналам коммуникации, где каждый платформенный формат вносит уникальный вклад в раскрытие общей «вселенной»; третий, праксеологический, уровень обращен на практики вовлечения аудитории, от со-творчества в производстве контента до участия в ритуалах, посредством которых нарратив материализуется в социальном действии. Главный вывод авторов заключается в том, что концепт трансмедийных политических нарративов предоставляет продуктивный инструмент для анализа современных идеологий, функционирующих не как жесткие доктрины, а как децентрализованные, адаптивные и вовлекающие системы смыслопорождения. Однако применение данного концепта требует последовательного междисциплинарного подхода, учитывающего специфику политического поля.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>transmedia</kwd><kwd>political narrative</kwd><kwd>political communication</kwd><kwd>mediatization</kwd><kwd>ideology</kwd><kwd>methodology</kwd><kwd>digital public sphere</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>трансмедийность</kwd><kwd>политический нарратив</kwd><kwd>политическая коммуникация</kwd><kwd>медиатизация</kwd><kwd>идеология</kwd><kwd>методология</kwd><kwd>цифровая публичная сфера</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">Artamonov D., Penner R. Tsennost Velikoy Pobedy: emotsionalnaya optika [The value of the Great Victory: An emotional optics]. Patria. 2025; 2 (2). (In Russ.).</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Артамонов Д., Пеннер Р. 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