Communication Gaps Between the Government, Society and Media in Demographic Development of Russia (conference review)

Information opponency to Russia’s demographic challenges have gradually shifted to social networks, where many interesting discussions on demographic development of Russia are taking place. Authoritative experts of the state and society hardly participate in these discussions. As a result, a constructive dialogue between representatives of the state, society and the media on the issues of countering demographic challenges has not yet been established, which not only does not reduce the threat of population depopulation itself, but can also significantly exacerbate many of the social conflicts currently existing in Russia. When trying to establish a dialogue between the authorities, society and the media, the technologies of unilateral influence of the authorities on society in order to promote the interests of the authorities usually dominate, which happens without even analyzing and taking into account social opinion. On the one hand, the power of the state in Russia has always sought to subjugate society, and on the other hand, absenteeism and other forms of political passivity, numerous social conflicts and high radicalism among a part of the population of Russia make it impossible to fully harmonize relations between power, society and the media. Therefore, these forces the authorities should take the initiative into their own hands and try to dictate their will to both society and the media. Information policy is sometimes perceived by the authorities only as a means for realizing their own interests and trying to form a favorable impression of their activities among the population of the country. Today’s public information policy does not meet the level of demographic security challenges to the state.
Reviewing the materials of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions” of April 26, 2021 on the basis of the South Russian Institute of Management – branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), the authors identify outline the key issues and and provide recommendations for improvement.

1. Gadarova S.A. (2021). On the measures implemented in the Rostov region to achieve the share of people engaged in physical culture and sports up to 70% by 2030. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 26-28 (In Rus.).

2. Kharakhashyan A.A. (2021). The main aspects and best practices implemented in the framework of the supervised regional projects of the national project “Demography”, as well as the state program of the Rostov region “Social support of citizens”. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-onDon: YURIU RANEPA. P. 18-21 (In Rus.).

3. Kudryashov K.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Sankova A.A. (2021). Demographic challenges to the national security of modern Russia. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientificpractical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 144-153 (In Rus.).

4. Kuzina S.I., Kritskaya A.A., Sarkisyan A.A. (2021). The influence of migration processes on the socio-cultural and ethno-demographic characteristics of the regions of Russia. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 204-208 (In Rus.).

5. Mosher S. (2002). Bush stops funds for UNFPA abuses; the U.N. population fund supports forced abortions and sterilizations. Insight on the News [access mode]: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_30_18/ai_90753056/?tag=content;col1.

6. Nigmatullina T.A. (2021). Labor market in the context of demographic processes (on the example of the Republic of Bashkortostan). In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the AllRussian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 57-65 (In Rus.).

7. Rashchupkin V.V., Lyakhov V.P. (2021). The place and role of local self-government in the implementation of state demographic policy. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-onDon: YURIU RANEPA. P. 54-56 (In Rus.).

8. Rudoy V.V., Vorontsov S.A., Ponedelkov A.V., Lyakhov V.P., Vaskov M.A., Yalansky A.P. (2021). Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA (In Rus.).

9. Rybakovsky L.L., Khasaev G.R. (2021). Strategy of the demographic development of Russia, concept, content. Population. No. 2 (In Rus.).

10. Rybakovsky O.L. (2021). Interregional migration connections of the Rostov region for 50 years. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 93-97 (In Rus.).

11. Sharkov F.I. (2014). Information and communication paradigm of the development of Russian statehood. Communicology. Vol. 3. No. 1. P. 111-118 (In Rus.).

12. Shcherbakov A.I. (2017). Demography. Ed. A.I. Shcherbakov, M.G. Mdinaradze, A.D. Nazarov, E.A. Nazarov. M.: INFRA-M (In Rus.).

13. Starostin A.M. (2021). Demographic policy: from a sectoral to an integrated approach. In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-on-Don: YURIU RANEPA. P. 89-92 (In Rus.).

14. The Theory of Demographic Transition (With Criticisms) (2018). In: https://www.sociologydiscussion.com/demography/population-demography/the-theory-of-demographic-transition-withcriticisms/3096.

15. Yavchunovskaya R.A., Ponedelkov A.V. (2021). The problem of the demographic development of Russia in the context of national security In: Rudoy V.V., Ponedelkov A.V., Baranov A.V., Yalansky A.P. “Demographic development of Russia: problems and solutions”, collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation April 26, 2021. Rostov-onDon: YURIU RANEPA. P. 328-330 (In Rus.).