INTRODUCTION. The reception and transformation of the Russian choral tradition in China in the 20th–21st centuries have been studied. The relevance is due to the scale of the choral movement in China (over 50,000 ensembles) and the need to understand the intercultural transfer in musical art. The aim is to identify the stages, mechanisms, and outcomes of the appropriation of Russian tradition by Chinese culture. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The object is the Russian choral tradition as a cultural system (vocal school, pedagogy, and repertoire). Historical-genetic, comparative, and system-cultural approaches were used, as well as T.M. Lezhneva’s theory of cultural transfer and enculturation. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The reception went through four stages: the émigré stage (1920s–1940s), the Soviet-institutional stage (1949–1966), the crisis stage (1966–1978), and the dialogical stage (since 1978). The most profound transformation occurred in vocal technique – “Chinese bel canto” emerged. The repertoire evolved from copying to the synthesis of European polyphony with Chinese pentatonicism. CONCLUSION. The “Russian model” was not mechanically copied but profoundly transformed, becoming an organic part of the emerging “Chinese choral paradigm”. The evolution “from Russian sound to Chinese melos” demonstrates the universal patterns of intercultural transfer.
INTRODUCTION. Based on the analysis of social media, the following methods of fraud are described: phishing, identity theft, distribution of malicious software, misinformation, and incitement to illegal activities through the manipulation of historical facts. The aim of the study is to analyze the key trends and forms of digital fraud in modern media, as well as to identify approaches to its prevention. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The empirical basis of the research consisted of publications from 10 Telegram channels that should be classified as digital fraud. A total of 100 publications were analyzed over the period from 2020 to 2025. RESEARCH RESULTS. The main negative trends in modern media have been identified: consumer’s distrust and indifference towards broadcast content, as well as information overload and poor content quality in the digital environment. As a result, a favorable environment for committing various fraudulent activities emerges in the digital space – from the malefactors’ profit to the provocation of mass riots on the streets of Russian cities, which poses a threat to the country’s national security. CONCLUSION. The methods of manipulation by digital malefactors, the main modern channels of communication and the spread of digital fraud have been identified. In addition, for content consumers, the necessity of fact-checking and improving critical thinking when coming into contact with any information has been noted, the main rules in the field of digital security have been highlighted.
The oikonymic dictionary of the Volgograd region, put together by the renowned Volgograd onomasticians – Doctors of Philological Sciences, Professors I.V. Kryukova and V.I. Suprun – is being reviewed. The publication contains more than 1500 dictionary entries covering the names of cities, villages, stanitsas, khutors, railway stations and passing tracks, including settlements that no longer exist, and the names of the inhabitants of the settlement (demonyms). It is shown that the dictionary organically continues the traditions of the Volgograd onomastic school, developing the material previously presented in the hydronymic dictionary of the Volgograd region by the same authors (2009). It is noted that the work of I.V. Kryukova and V.I. Suprun is fundamentally different from the earlier reference dictionary of the regional toponymicon by D.Yu. Ilyin and E.G. Sidorova (2019): while the latter primarily addresses informational and reference tasks, the reviewed dictionary focuses on the etymology and historical and cultural motivation of names. The authors’ diligent work with archival sources, cartographic materials from the 18th to the 20th centuries, and field data is emphasized. The most notable etymological decisions, including those based on German colonial names and Kalmyk toponymy, are analyzed separately. Suggestions are made for the unification of the presentation of demonymy and the inclusion of cartographic material in the publication. It is concluded that the dictionary has not only linguistic but also historical and local lore significance, and in conjunction with previous works, it provides a comprehensive picture of the region’s toponymic landscape.
INTRODUCTION. Regional linguistic research is increasingly expanding each year. A regional linguistic analysis of the geographical, historical, phraseological, and onomastic material from the Tambov village of Kulevcha reveals a unique picture of its founding. The aim of the study is to establish the origin of the toponym “Kulevcha” in the context of the migration flows of the first settlers in the territory of the future village.MATERIALS AND METHODS. The materials for the research included Tambov geographical maps of the 19th century, archival documents from the Kulevcha village museum, and scientific and journalistic publications. Research methods include anthropocentric, comparative-historical, and system-structural approaches, linguistic regional analysis, techniques of etymological analysis and linguistic-historical commentary, as well as methods of direct observation and description. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. It has been established that the toponym Kulevcha, with its simple nominal meaning, was transformed into a word-text during the communication process, encompassing the volume of its historical content, which includes information about events, cultural traditions, natural features of the region, and more. CONCLUSION. The toponym Kulevcha represents the transfer of the name of the native village Kulevchi by Bulgarian settlers, where the Kulevchin battle took place on May 30, 1829, which had strategic significance in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. In the onomastic space of the Tambov region, this name functions as a linguocultural marker of historical memory and naming traditions among the settlers, tracing back to the Bulgarian substrate and illustrating the mechanisms of borrowed toponymic nomination in the Russian language.
INTRODUCTION. The rapid neural network revolution, transforming the production of media texts into a hybrid process of collaborative creativity between humans and algorithms, is fundamentally changing the established landscape of the media industry. The demand for a review of the professional competencies of media communicators and journalists is becoming more relevant. The necessity of integrating the philological component into the conceptual core of AI literacy for media and communication specialists is justified. The author’s hypothesis is that without the development of philological reflection, the risks of content quality degradation, the strengthening of the manipulative potential of technologies, and the loss of authorial control will increase. The aim is to justify the need for integrating the philological component into the conceptual core of AI literacy for media and communication professionals. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The methodological basis of the study is the synthesis of a critical analysis of existing theoretical models of AI literacy and data from the author’s empirical research, which included a survey of students. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS. The analysis revealed a conceptual gap in contemporary models of AI literacy, where the philological aspect of text and narrative criticism remains implicit. Empirical data confirm a sharp gap between instrumental proficiency with the technology and the ability to critically evaluate it among future media professionals. In response to this challenge, the author has proposed a structure for the philological component of AI literacy, which includes four key competencies: 1) linguistic reflection (critical analysis of stylistic markers and hallucinations in AI-generated text); 2) narrative construction (managing the plot and preserving the author’s story); 3) hermeneutics of context (infusing AI content with cultural meanings and checking for biases); 4) editorial expertise (“humanizing” the text and adapting it for the communication channel). CONCLUSION. The formation of the philological core of AI literacy appears to be a strategic condition for bridging the gap between technological skills and humanitarian reflection, as well as for preserving the essential mission of journalism in the digital age. The prospects for further research are related to a deeper study of the role of philological expertise and the expansion of the structure of the philological component of AI literacy.
