Discourses on Elites in Today's Russia (Analysis of New Media Publications)
The article analyses a number of titles suggested to the target audience of such internet editions as Afisha.ru, Bg.ru, Lookatme, Openspace (2008-2012), W-O-S, Colta, Esquire, Snob. They all (re)produce one of the most influential elite discourses in today' Russia. The author has enriched her research by 2008-2014 publications. Within the field of the mentioned media-segment there has been revealed such notions as ‘creative class', ‘postintellingetzia', ‘educated class', etc. and the corresponding models of solidarisation each notion implies. The article considers how this variety of notions co-exist, correspond, and compete with each other in the discourse being researched.