Языки в системе образования Республики Крым: анализ медиадискурса

Slavia Centralis. 2021. Т. 14. № 2. С. 272–289.

Balakina Y. V., Sosnin A., Белова П.Е.

The research cited in the article aims to compare the educational language
policy officially pursued in the Republic of Crimea with the de facto language
policy as it is reflected in the media discourse and social networks over the
period 2014-2020. Methodologically, the research draws upon the theory of
constructing social issues (Spector, Kitsuse 1977), which is based on the
principles of social constructivism (Berger, Luckmann 1966). The study
employs qualitative content analysis as the basic working procedure. The
authors conclude that the official data on vernacular education in the Crimea
partially coincide with the information published in the media and discussed
in social networks. This particularly concerns the diminishing rate of those
getting education in the Ukrainian language. Overall, the educational language
policy pursued in the region enjoys popular support with the majority
of the Crimeans (who are speakers of Russian).

Keywords: дискриминация, mass media discourse, discrimination, языковая политика, language policy, медийный дискурс, Крым, language of instruction, язык обучения, the Crimea