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New media and the political protest: the formation of a public counter-sphere in Russia of 2008–12
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Bodrunova S., Литвиненко А. А.
The capter is dedicated to the description of the fragmentation of the Russian media-based public sphere, in particular - to the dymanics of media use of the participants of the 'For fair elections' political protest movement in Russia of 2011-2012. Authors counclude that: 1) socio-economic divisions in today's Russia are mirrored in the media use patterns; 2) traditional textocentricism of Russian intelligentsia shows up and shapes media preferences and opinion leading: 3) changes in political behavior online (weakly) correlates with differences in online media use patterns; 4) a nation-wide public counter-sphere has formed in the Russian big cities. A prediction is made that fragmentation of the Russian public sphere will be deepening.
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Gallyamova A., Miller D., Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2024 Vol. 55 No. 8 P. 926–944
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Added: August 5, 2023
Kazun A. D., Вестник Московского университета. Серия 10: Журналистика 2023 № 3 С. 3–25
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