Networked City: Ascribing, Appropriating and Planning
Networked Putinism: The Fading Days of the (Broadcast) Era
America’s Gaze: Old and New Media Coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections
Internet as an Election Tool: Putin and Prokhorov
Social Media and Protest Movement in Samara: The Observer’s Perspective
Social Media, Mobilisation and Protest Slogans in Moscow and Beyond
Moscow as a Digital Pattern: Alexey Beliayev-Guintovt’s Imperial Loops
Crying Putin: Contemporary Political Iconography
Considering Contradictions of the Winter Political Street Festival
‘For Fair Elections’: Protest Activity in Social Media
Miniature Protests: ‘Nanodemonstrations’ as Media Events
Online debates among ordinary people discussing current affairs are typically viewed through the lens of political mobilisation and dismissed on various grounds – due to their unintelligibility, incivility, lack of …
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The article examines different strategies of creation, mediation and protection of mythologized Soviet memory within a sample of Russian-language digital communities. The article argues that, while a positive, mythologized memory …
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The title of the submission is derived from the name of the experimental on-line news portal Slon.ru where ‘slon’ means ‘elephant’ in Russian. The portal was launched in 2009 by …
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The BBC World Service is the world’s largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via a wide range of technologies, including analogue and digital …
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At the time of the global meltdown, the ‘Russian winter’ was hugely anticipated but never accurately predicted. Equally, the revolutionary events of 2011-12, just like those of …
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