Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Representation of Contemporary Siberian Music in Cyberspace: A Thematic Analysis of Digital Media Discourse

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2025 18 (9)
Authors
Koptseva, Maria S.; Zotov, Stepan O.
Contact information
Koptseva, Maria S. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0009-0004-9363-5749; Zotov, Stepan O. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0009-0009-6224-176X
Keywords
Siberian identity; regional identity; musical culture of Siberia; media representation; topic modeling (LDA)
Abstract

This article investigates the role of contemporary musical culture in the representation and construction of Siberian regional identity. The primary focus is the analysis of contemporary Siberian music as an instrument for expressing this identity, highlighting its key components: the synthesis of autochthonous and settler folklore, memorial practices within academic music, innovations in audiovisual synthesis, and the distinctive underground scene with its DIY aesthetics and potential for dissent. The empirical part of the study is based on the application of the topic modeling method (Latent Dirichlet Allocation – LDA) to a corpus of news publications from Russian social media (2014–2024). The modeling results revealed four dominant semantic clusters (classical/academic music, event announcements, folk/ethnic direction, rock scene), which exposed a gap between the actual diversity of musical practices and their media representation. The analysis indicates an absence of a consolidated media narrative about “Siberian music,” as regional specificity is negated in favor of aspatial categories (genres, institutions, universal constructs), while relevant contemporary trends (electronic music, hip-hop) remain underrepresented. This may indicate a crisis in the representation of Siberian musical cultural identity in the open digital all-Russian media field

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1825–1835
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DXUTLA
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/157344

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