Rhetoric and Communications, issue 69, October 2026
Rhetoric, Media, Academic, and Pedagogical Communication
Editors
Prof. Dr. Simeon Vasilev
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Email: sivasilev@uni-sofia.bg
Prof. Dr. Yanka Totseva
University of National and World Economy
Email: yanka.totseva@unwe.bg
Editors’ Words – Prof. Dr. Simeon Vasilev, Prof. Dr. Yanka Totseva – DOI 10.55206/XOMU2635 – 3-6
Communication in Media and Society
Fact-Checking Under Constraint: Misinformation and Verification in Kazakhstan – Milen Filipov, Nilufar Sulaimonova – DOI 10.55206/EVJX8965 – 9
AI Factchecking in the Bulgarian Language – Mission (Im)Possible? – Tihomira Doncheva – DOI 10.55206/WHCO8050 – 32
Legal Framework, Limits of Media Regulation, and Communication Aspects Regarding the Ban on Gambling Advertising in Radio and Television Programs in Bulgaria – Aneta Milkova – DOI 10.55206/QLLY6959 – 55
The Cultural Function of the Bulgarian National Radio in a Digital Media Environment – Tanya Dimova – DOI 10.55206/AWII7845 – 69
Social Belonging in Communication through Memes and Participation in Online Challenges – Alexander Blagoev – – DOI 10.55206/ZCCX8414 – 85
The Concept of “Monumental Sculpture” and Its Communicative Functions in Public Space – Damyan Bumbalov – DOI 10.55206/WSZB4576 – 99
Rhetoric, Academic, and Pedagogical Communication
Rethinking the Development Paradigm in Higher Ducation: Educational Communication in the Age of Technological Transformation – Mykola Chursin, Halyna Shevchenko, Tetiana Antonenko, Tetiana Zinovieva – DOI 10.55206/RKZC9552 – 114
Transformations in the Didactics of Foreign-language Literature in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Radeya Gesheva – DOI 10.55206/QNQY5862 – 133
The “Breath” of Persuasion: Corporeality as the Missing Link between Classical Rhetoric and Discourse in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Ralitsa Kovacheva-Bezhan – DOI 10.55206/VDUF2324 – 147
Developing Public Performance through Educational Theatre – Evgeniya Roeva – DOI 10.55206/VBRO1768 – 161
The Rhetoric of the Heart and the Ethics of Communication in Shalva Amonashvili’s Humanistic Pedagogy – Irena Shunina – DOI 10.55206/UWFU8238 – 176
Specifics of Pedagogical Communication When Using the LEGO® Serious Play® Method: Spatial Projections and Social Identity – Boyan Zahariev – DOI 10.55206/UWQQ7100 – 196
Publishing information
Issue 69, October 2026
Rhetoric and Communications Journal
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ivanka Mavrodieva, DSc
Publisher: Institute of Rhetoric and Communications
ISSN 1314-4464
Website in Bulgarian: https://rhetoric.bg/
Website in English: http://journal.rhetoric.bg/
E-mails: editors@rhetoric.bg, info@rhetoric.bg, journal.rhetoric.bg@gmail.com
Proofreader and Editor in Bulgarian: Nadia Kalacheva
Proofreader and Editor in English: Dara Tsvetkova
Prepress: “ITI” Publishing House
Issue 68 of the Rhetoric and Communications Journal (July 2026) is published with the financial support of the Scientific Research Fund, Contract No. KP-06-NP7/23 of December 08, 2025.
