Internet in the Post-Soviet Area: Technological, Economic and Political Aspects

Cham : Springer, 2023.

Davydov S. G., Sharikov A., Eremina A., Pronkina E., Saponova A. V., Paspopova S., Simakova S., Samoilenko S., Gumensky A., Himma-Kadakas M., Kõuts-Klemm R., Goroshko O., Boiko N., Sumskaya A., Simons G., Solomeina V., Mickiewicz E., Ibrayeva G., Zadorin I., Reshetova V., Chizhova D.

Compiler: Davydov S. G.

This book offers a comparative perspective on the technological, economic, and political aspects of Internet development in the post-Soviet countries. In doing so, international experts analyze similarities and differences in various countries throughout the chapters.

The volume consists of two parts. The chapters of the first part examine the post-Soviet area as a whole. The second part includes specific case studies on the development of the Internet, either in individual countries or in groups of countries. Countries analyzed are Estonia, Ukraine, Russia as well as three Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Topics covered in the volume include, but are not limited to measurement, dynamics, and structure of each national Internet audience; the history of the Internet in the post-Soviet countries; development of infrastructure; Internet regulation and institutional aspects; online markets such as telecommunications, online advertising, e-commerce, and digital content; social and cultural aspects; as well as the transformation of the national media systems.

This book is a must-read for students, researchers, and scholars of political science and economics, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of Internet development in the post-Soviet area. 

Chapters

Introduction

Sergey Davydov, , in: Internet in the Post-Soviet Area: Technological, Economic and Political Aspects.: Cham: Springer, 2023. Ch. 1 P. 1–3.

Added: August 15, 2023

Measuring Media Literacy Level: A Case of Central Asia

Igor Zadorin, Anastasia Saponova, Reshetova V. et al., , in: Internet in the Post-Soviet Area: Technological, Economic and Political Aspects.: Cham: Springer, 2023. P. 203–225.

Since the middle of 1970s, the concept of media literacy has been actively developing in the various disciplinary approaches. At the same time, there is still a shortage of comparative study of media literacy at country level. The chapter provides results of the cross-country studies, conducted in 2019 and 2021 in the Central Asian countries ...

Added: August 16, 2023

Representation of the Post-Soviet Countries in the Global Online Information Space in 2020–2021: Frequency of Mention, Media Dynamics, Mood Characteristics

Sharikov A., , in: Internet in the Post-Soviet Area: Technological, Economic and Political Aspects.: Cham: Springer, 2023. Ch. 1 P. 7–46.

The chapter contains results of a study of the representation of 19 post-Soviet countries and territories on the global Internet in 2020–2021. It was carried out with the help of the FACTIVA monitoring database (information texts, over 23000 online resources from more than 100 countries in 26 languages). It turned out that in 2020–2021 only ...

Added: February 6, 2025

Keywords: постсоветское пространство, Internet, цифровая экономика, Интернет, digital economy, post-Soviet area