The analysis of contemporary culture and society, including popular culture, media studies, postcolonial studies, critical theory, and the politics of representation
4 papersThis paper argues that decolonizing media requires anti-capitalist action, not just symbolic gestures. It emphasizes challenging established power structures and citation practices within academia. The analysis relies heavily on theoretical arguments, lacking practical examples or empirical data.
The study proposes a "forest spirituality transition hypothesis" suggesting a four-stage evolution of spiritual values associated with forests: "nature is powerful," "taming of nature," "rational management of nature," and "reconnecting with nature." This transition is driven by interconnected socio-cultural, technological, economic, environmental, and policy factors that shape both forest perceptions and land-use practices.
This introductory article argues that "emotionalisation" is an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary media discourse, where appeals to emotion are favored over logical argumentation. This trend is driven by the media's pursuit of persuasive strategies and reflects an evolving media landscape shaped by new technologies and blurred boundaries between public and private discourse.
The study explores paremias (proverbs, sayings, etc.) in modern linguistics, focusing on their study, text-forming potential, and linguocultural aspects. It uses Russian and Lithuanian demotivators to analyze the proverbial text-forming function and examines proverbs with toponyms in different languages to identify common semantic and cultural elements.