Role of National Cinematographic Industry in National Economy. Scientometric and Statistical Evaluation Methods

This paper considers the relationships between the evolution of the movie industry and the economic development of Russia. Methods of information analysis based on scientometric and statistical indicators are applied. Scientometric indicators include an analysis of the growth (decline) rate in the number of publications in dynamics over several years; publications of Russian authors in Russian and foreign journals (territorial coverage); the most popular journals, where authors prefer to publish the results of their studies; author affiliations; and other considerations. To provide information support for decision-making, trends in statistical indicators are analyzed and, additionally, the level of their correlation is checked. To assess the relationships, matrices of paired correlation coefficients are formed that allow determining the strength and stability of the correlations among the indicators from 2010 up to 2021. It is concluded that almost all of the considered tools in the field of cinematography influence both the social sphere and the economic development of the country in general. However, this dependence is not unidirectional. In this respect, economic development directly affects the steady growth of indicators characterizing the development of Russia’s cultural industries. It is critical to these industries to ensure the reproduction and growth of highly skilled personnel and adopt cutting-edge technologies and innovations. As shown by the analysis, this adoption includes the use of the internet.