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      <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">2658-7335</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="ru">НАУКА. ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ.  СОВРЕМЕННОСТЬ</journal-title>
        <journal-title xml:lang="en">SCIENCE. EDUCATION.  THE PRESENT</journal-title>
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      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>ООО «Наука и образование»</publisher-name>
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    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24412/2658-7335-2026-3-1</article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group>
          <subject>филологические науки</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group>
          <subject>philological sciences</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title xml:lang="ru">«АФФОРДАНСЫ» ЦИФРОВЫХ ПЛАТФОРМ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ МЕДИАОБРАЗА ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИХ АКТОРОВ</article-title>
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          <trans-title>AFFORDANCES OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN THE CONTEXT OF FORMING THE MEDIA IMAGE OF POLITICAL ACTORS</trans-title>
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          <name name-style="eastern">
            <surname>Бабуров</surname>
            <given-names>Даниил Германович</given-names>
          </name>
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            <name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru">
              <surname>Бабуров</surname>
              <given-names>Даниил Германович</given-names>
            </name>
            <name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
              <surname>Baburov</surname>
              <given-names>Daniil G.</given-names>
            </name>
          </name-alternatives>
          <email>mrbabrv@gmail.com</email>
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0009-0009-0450-5798</contrib-id>
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          <aff>
            <institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный лингвистический университет (Москва, Россия)</institution>
          </aff>
          <aff>
            <institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State Linguistic University (Moscow, Russia)</institution>
          </aff>
        </aff-alternatives>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-09-25">
        <day>25</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date date-type="collection">
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-08-13">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>08</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-20">
          <day>20</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2026-09-02">
          <day>02</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© Бабуров Д.Г., 2026</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бабуров Д.Г.</copyright-holder>
        <copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Baburov D.G.</copyright-holder>
        <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">
          <license-p>CC BY 3.0</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract xml:lang="ru">
        <p>Актуальность данного исследования обосновывается особой значимостью категорией аффордансов – технологических и социальных возможностей, которые платформа предоставляет пользователю и которые определяют формат и стиль коммуникации. В данной статье рассматривается проблема влияния аффордансов цифровых платформ на формирование медиаобраза политических акторов. На основе анализа зарубежных и российских исследований даются определения понятия «аффордансы» и «воображаемая аудитория»; показывается, что технологические возможности и ограничения социальных сетей формируют у политических субъектов специфические представления об аудитории, определяя выбор коммуникативных стратегий. На примере цифровых платформ Telegram, «ВКонтакте» и Twitter/X выделены ключевые аффордансы каждой платформы, охарактеризованы соответствующие типы воображаемой аудитории и доминирующие стратегии конструирования медиаобраза. Делается вывод о том, что медиаобраз политического актора не является единым, а диверсифицируется в зависимости от платформенных особенностей: Telegram ориентирует на компетентное информирование, «ВКонтакте» – на эмоциональное вовлечение, Twitter/X – на оперативную и конфликтную коммуникацию.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <p>The relevance of this study is justified by the particular significance of the category of affordances – the technological and social capabilities that the platform provides to the user and that determine the format and style of communication.This article examines the problem of the influence of digital platform affordances on the formation of the media image of political actors. Based on an analysis of foreign and Russian studies, the concepts of “affordances” and “imagined audience” are defined; it is shown that the technological opportunities and limitations of social networks shape political actors’ specific perceptions of the audience, determining the choice of communicative strategies. Using the digital platforms Telegram, VKontakte, and Twitter/X as examples, the key affordances of each platform are identified, and the corresponding types of imagined audience and dominant strategies for constructing the media image are characterized. The article concludes that the media image of a political actor is not uniform but is diversified depending on platform features: Telegram orients toward competent informing, VKontakte toward emotional engagement, and Twitter/X toward rapid and confrontational communication.</p>
      </trans-abstract>
      <kwd-group xml:lang="ru">
        <title>Ключевые слова</title>
        <kwd>цифровые платформ</kwd>
        <kwd>социальные сети</kwd>
        <kwd>аффордансы</kwd>
        <kwd>политические актор</kwd>
        <kwd>воображаемая аудитория</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <kwd-group xml:lang="en">
        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>digital platforms</kwd>
        <kwd>social media</kwd>
        <kwd>affordances</kwd>
        <kwd>political actors</kwd>
        <kwd>imagined audience</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement xml:lang="ru">инициативная работа</funding-statement>
        <funding-statement xml:lang="en">Independent work</funding-statement>
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