Abstract: This article is examines the issues of constructive use of the myths about the past in media environment. The goal lies in the attempt to align several most significant theoretical models of interpretation of the social myth in order to comprehend constructive use of myths about the past in modern Russian politics of memory. This required referring to the peculiarities of the ontology of the past in media myth, as well as to the trends characteristic to modern foreign and Russian research of the politics of memory. The scientific novelty lies in the detailed analysis of the key categories that reveal the peculiarities of creating ontology of the past in modern media myth, as well as allow analyzing the constructive potential of myths about the past in media environment in the context of the Russian politics of memory (the function of cultural-historical orientation, motivating function, functions of conflict settlement). The author explores myths about the past, which in recent decades have become a crucial instrument for conducting a peculiar type of information warfare – the so-called “memorial” wars.

Keywords: the myths of mass-media, symbolic policy, social myth, media, myths about the past, the politics of memory, demyfologization, constructivism, mediaculture, historical culture

Abstract: The object of this research is the new media that create the information space of Chelyabinsk, namely online media platforms. The subject of this research is the topic of environmental security of urban areas. The author aims to find and analyze the new media platforms that form the perception of ecological state of the city, as well as examine the role of users in distribution of eco-information through these platforms. The article employs the automated content analysis, which allows acquiring socially important information on environmental problematic by means of big data (using the “Medialogia” resource). The novelty consists in the empirical base, which consists of 1,050 online publications on the topic of ecology, as well as 5,400 postings in social networks for quantitative analysis along with 1,050 for qualitative analysis. The author also examines such indicators as the audience of postings, views and engagement of the audience, keynote of postings and comments, etc. The main conclusions are as follows: - the environmental agenda in media space of Chelyabinsk is relevant and sustainable; - the main topic of postings is the air pollution;  - online media platforms resort to the traditional delivery of information using frightening headlines     and repetitive visual symbols (factories, chimneys, smoke), which creates a stereotypical perception of the city’s image and concerns;  - due to the urgency of environmental problems for the residents, the audience shows high response rates;   - negativistic response of the audience prevails, as the users try to reach out to the authorities through personal postings and reposts of negative information.  

Keywords: information occasion, fremes, content analysis, Internet media, Social media, urban environment, media agenda, New media, media space, emissions of harmful substances

Abstract: This article is dedicated to the results of sociological research conducted by the author to reveal the actual degree of development of the skills for the safe use of information technologies characteristic to modern Russian youth. The rapid development of information technologies and their progressive infiltration into social reality contribute escalate new risks and dangers. High activity of the representatives of Russian youth in using such technologies turns the into a risk group vulnerable to the threats of information society. Thus, the question of compliance with the rules of safe use of information technologies is extremely relevant among Russian youth. Over the recent years, this topic gained popularity within the Russian social science and humanities, but mainly on the theoretical level. The author introduces the data of the original research conducted among the youth of Yekaterinburg (N = 504) for empirical diagnostics of the development of their digital hygiene. This study indicated the controversy and development disparity of digital hygiene skills of the representatives of Russian youth. It was established that many of them perceive high Internet activity as a source of potential risks and declare a desire to comply with the rules to reduce such risks. However, the analysis demonstrates that their actual propensity to comply with the rules of safe use of information technologies is limited: some rules are observed by many, but other are often neglected. It implies that the process of development of digital hygiene skills among the representatives of Russian youth is yet not complete: despite the desire to reduce the risks associated with the use of information technologies, many of them are willing to observe only certain rules.

Keywords: Internetization, Russian society, sociological research, Russian youth, digital hygiene, social networks, social media, digitalization, youth, Internet

Abstract: The subject of this research is the key trends in regulation of the social practice of artificial termination of pregnancy (abortion) in modern society. The article provides a theoretical analysis of the question, an overview of normative legal documents of various levels, as well as the results of in-depth interviews with the representatives of organizations of Volgograd Region dealing with prevention of abortions (2021). Description is given to such forms of countering abortions as information awareness of the population about contraceptives and promotion of healthy lifestyle, family values, and pre-abortion counseling, which implies that women must apply to medical institution for termination of pregnancy. The author highlights the merits, flaws and prospects of each of these methods. The conclusion is made that there are currently two vectors in regulation of the spread of social practice of artificial termination of pregnancy – prior to pregnancy or after. The latter, which consists in pre-abortion counseling, is most advanced. However, the modern trend towards minimization and the strict limit of the number of children in family, as well as the emergence of medical-induced abortion that allows a woman to do the procedure at home, make this direction ineffective. A less advances, but more promising trend is preventive work with the individuals long before pregnancy, the forms of which require expansion, systematization and elaboration. The author's contribution lies in outlining the prospects for further application of the listed forms and determining the problematic aspects in the development of each one. The acquired conclusions can be used by state and municipal authorities in terms of elaboration and implementation of the regional demographic programs, as well as implementation of the concepts of demographic and youth policy of the Russian Federation.

Keywords: drug method, period, individual, prevention, pre-abortion counseling, social practice, regulation of social practice, spiritual and moral aspect, artificial termination of pregnancy, family values

Abstract: The subject of this research is the history of the concept of "Latin captivity" since its articulation among senior Slavophiles and namely Y. F. Samarin to modern version of the Archpriest G. Florovsky and Priest V. Zenkovsky, as well as om the context of modern research on the history of Russian religious philosophy. Although the very concept of "Latin captivity" has become fundamental for assessing the interaction of theology and philosophy in the Russian religious thought, it is being increasingly criticized due to explicit reductionism and slating facts to the research model. The scientific novelty lies in description of the history of existence of the historical-philosophical concept of "Latin captivity", including not only the study of its genesis, but also the analysis of ongoing polemics around its correspondence with the scientific data. The article determines the merits and demerits of the concept, as well as the prospects for its implementation in the context of scientific works on the history of religious philosophy. The study demonstrates that although the idea of the "Latin captivity" provided the fertile ground, a certain simple myth for describing the history of philosophy, it can be replaced by other concurrent theories that better cope with the same task of creating a single methodological framework for historical-philosophical research.

Keywords: Georgiy Florovsky, laic theology, Orthodox theology, Russian religious thought, the Babylonian captivity of theology, the concept of the Latin captivity, Slavophiles, academic theology, scholasticism, Russian religious philosophy