CULTURAL EVENTS AS TOOLS OF MASS MANIPULATION IN RUSSIA

Abstract

THIS DISSERTATION ANALYSES THE PURPOSES OF SOME CULTURAL EVENTS ORGANIZED IN RUSSIA WHICH ARE CAPABLE TO AFFECT AND MANIPULATE MASS INFLUENCE. BY PLACING ATTENTION ON IDEAS OF SOFT POWER AND PROPAGANDA, THIS RESEARCH EXAMINES HOW THE PUBLIC RITUALS HELP CONSTRUCT NATIONAL IDENTITY, POLITICAL LEGITIMACY, AND BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTION.