CROSS-PLATFORM FRAGMENTATION OF VIDEO CONSUMPTION: FROM SOCIETY-SHAPING TELEVISION TO ENCLAVE-CREATING TELEVISION?
- Authors: POLUEKHTOVA I.A1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov MSU
- Issue: No 11 (2025)
- Pages: 93-109
- Section: СОЦИОЛОГИЯ КОММУНИКАЦИЙ И МЕДИА
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0132-1625/article/view/357829
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7868/S3034577X25110085
- ID: 357829
Abstract
Abstract. This article investigates the fragmentation of the Russian television audience within the conditions of a multi-platform digital environment. The author argues that, alongside intramedia and cross-media fragmentation, television is now part of a broader process of cross-platform videoconsumption fragmentation. Based on data from nationwide surveys, the study demonstrates that despite the weakening role of television as a tool of societal integration, cross-platform fragmentation does not lead to social polarization or the formation of stable audience enclaves. The preservation of a ‘floating’ nature of fragmentation is confirmed: the audience actively migrates between various video platforms, consolidates around popular mainstream content, and its differentiation is dynamic rather than enclave-like. The practices of video consumption retain a common ‘core’ where the interests and habits of the majority of users intersect. This creates a foundation for maintaining elements of a shared media experience and social linkage.
About the authors
I. A POLUEKHTOVA
Lomonosov MSU
Author for correspondence.
Email: lPoluekhtova@gmail.com
Dr. Sci. (Social.), Prof., Department of Sociology of Mass Communications, Faculty of Journalism Moscow, Russia
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