Xenophobia real and virtual
In Russian modern society the problem of xenophobia and nationalism rises first of all in the virtual space. The mass media (the TV, newspapers, Internet, etc.) give philistines ideas about the strengthening of the nationalist demonstrations, the growth of xenophobic public mood. The mass media create images of nationalists-xenophobes and their victims. The conflict of two discourses (the human rights defenders' and the right wing radicals') and the fight against xenophobia in the cyberspace heighten the manifestations of xenophobia. The reverse side of these activities is deep conceptual relationship associated with the unfounded «objectification» of ethnos (ethnicity).