Media linguistics in Russia. The beginning

Abstract

The article deals with the history of the Chair of Russian Stylistics in the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Journalism. Being one of the first subdivisions of the faculty established in 1952, it became an integral part of philological training of future mass media workers — journalists and editors. The article describes the contribution of the Chair to the development of linguistic science in Russia and abroad. These achievements are based on the works of well-known scientists and pedagogues — Konstantin Bylinsky, Ditmar Rozental, Valentin Vompersky, Grigory Solganik, Ilja Tolstoy and others. Scientific and methodical activity of the Chair is represented in a diachronic aspect. The article uses discourse analysis of publications of recent decades, which allows to evaluate the importance of studying media language in the context of modern social practice and — more broadly — the cultural space of the country in general. Serious publishing work of the team which created manuals and reference books used by students of leading Russian universities for decades is also characterized in this article. The authors analyze the vectors of scientific development of the Chair, including problematics of its scientific activities.