Information and political agenda: current trends analysis
Arzikulov A. Zhumagulov E. Arzykulov A. Urankhayeva G.
2026Routledge
Asian Journal of Political Science
2026
The purpose of this study was to analyze the current trends of the information and political agenda in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The study provides a comparative analysis of events in Kazakhstan in the Kazakh state-funded media, as well as in the English and American media. The network of coincidences and tone analysis of selected 200 newspaper articles, 400 items from 3 social media platforms, and 150 video materials of Kazakh media published in 2022–2024 were used. Using qualitative content analysis, the study managed to identify the themes in the Kazakh media that emerge as the principal problems in the country: the land issue, the language issue, the interethnic issue, and the socio-economic issue. The study determined the tone of voice of articles in Kazakh media and foreign media. Therewith, the speech of the President of Kazakhstan and events in the country were covered in Kazakh print media critically, while on social media channels, the nature of the tone was neutral. As a result of the analysis, a significant amount of fake news was observed. These results show how propaganda campaigns can play a vital role in both limiting and promoting concrete news in Kazakh society.
Formation of Relevant Issues , Impact on Society , Influence of Media , political agenda , Social Networks , Tone of Voice
Text of the article Перейти на текст статьи
Department of Political Science, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Department of Political Science and Sociology, Karaganda Buketov University, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Department of Chinese Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan
Department of Political Science
Department of Political Science and Sociology
Department of Chinese Studies
Semey Medical University
10 лет помогаем публиковать статьи Международный издатель
Книга Публикация научной статьи Волощук 2026 Book Publication of a scientific article 2026