Representation of Religious Symbols in Text and Visual Messages of Modern Online Media

Student: Robul Pavel

Educational Programme: Journalism (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2017

It would seem that the Russian Orthodox Church (organization that unites our religious institutions) is trying to increase its influence with the help of Internet. The research problem consists in revealing of religious symbols and narratives in modern media. The purpose of study is to prove the fact that presence of religious topics in the mass media is continually increasing. As the main research methods, I chose the following ones: semiotical, narrative and content analyses, other analyses.

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