Scientific Departments of the Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Division of Sociology of Culture and Mass Communications

Brief help about the Division

The Division of Sociology of Culture and Mass Communications exists from the date of organization of Institute of Sociology NAS of Ukraine (1990). It was headed by the known Ukrainian sociologist, the doctor of Philosophy, professor A.A.Ruchka.

The Division has been concentrated the attention on the complex researches of problems of social�cultural development of the Ukrainian society. In 1990 there were realized the researches of value priorities of mass consciousness of the Ukrainian population, defined the factors of creation of its cultural � communication orientations as well. In 2000 the research theme � The Legitimation of Identities in Multicultural Space of Modern Society�, dedicated to study the problematics of identities was completed. Now the theme �Socio�Cultural Differentiation of Modern Ukrainian Society: Criteria, Mechanisms, Consequences� has being fulfilled in the Division. The theoretical outcomes of researches data are taken out in numerous publications and reports of the scientists of the Division in many National and International conferences.

Research Fellows of the Division:
1. Anatoly A. Ruchka � Doctor of Philosophy, Professor
2. Natalia V. Kostenko � Doctor of Sociology, Leading Research �Associate
3. Larisa A. Aza � Doctor of Sociology, Leading Research �Associate
4. Raisa P. Shulga � Doctor of Philosophy, Leading Research �Associate
5. Aleksandr I. Vishnyak � Doctor of Sociology, Leading Research�Associate
6. Irina E. Bekeshkina � Candidate of Philosophy, Senior Research �Associate
7. Ludmila G. Skokova � Candidate of Sociology, Research�Associate
8. Natalia A. Gasanenko � Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research �Associate

Scientific assistance staff:
1. Natalia M. Otenko � Leading Sociologist
2. Oleg R. Kozlovskiy � Leading Sociologist
3. Leonid N. Chechel � Leading Sociologist

Department tel.: 255�60�84; room 210

Research Projects of the Division:
�Formation of Culture�Communication Orientations within the Ukrainian Population in Conditions of System Transformation of the Society� (I sq. 1993 � IV sq. 1997). The Supervisor � Doctor of Phylosophy, Professor A. A.Ruchka

�Legitimation of the Identities in Multicultural Space of Modern Society� (I sq. 1998 � IV sq. 2000). The Supervisor � Doctor of Phylosophy, Professor A.A.Ruchka

The following results were obtained:

The conceptual and ontological basis of the socio�cultural identities and identifications construction was clarified;
The specifications of socio�cultural identities in a context of globalization processes were considered;
The status and features of existence of various identities in the multicultural space of modern Ukrainian society (natio�territorial, socio�cultural, value, ethnical, ethno�cultural, linguistic, politico�ideological, electoral, social) were investigated;
The mechanism of mass�media�s legitimization practices and tendencies of population�s cultural practices was analyzed.

�Socio�Cultural Differentiation of Modern Ukrainian Society: Criteria, Mechanisms, Consequences� (� sq. 2001 � �V sq. 2003). The Supervisor � Doctor of Phylosophy, Professor A.A.Ruchka.

Besides that two scientific monitoring programs are being carried out as well: �Axio�Monitoring.� (since 1991) and �Monitoring of the Ukrainian Population�s Involvement in Cultural Life� (since 1994). The Supervisor � Doctor of Phylosophy, Professor A.A.Ruchka.

Keywords: Identity, Identification, Legitimization, Ukrainian society, Socio�cultural groups, Values, Personal examples, Ethnicity, Legitimacy practices, Cultural practices.