The Digitally Mediated Public Sphere on Vkontakte in Russia 2020

16 Pages Posted: 6 Jul 2021

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Vladimir Barash

Graphika, Inc.

Dmitry Muravyov

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Léa Ronzaud

Graphika, Inc.

Date Written: April 1, 2021

Abstract

This report is an extension of the IREX report "The Digitally Mediated Public Sphere in Russia 2018," which described the Russian social and political landscape in 2018 through the lens of network mappings of Russian users of Twitter and Facebook. The current work analyzes the Russian social and political landscape in 2020 through the lens of a network mapping of Russian VKontakte users. While the two landscapes do not align perfectly in time, the addition of VKontakte provides an important new dimension for describing large-scale trends among the Russian public.

Keywords: social media, public sphere, social movements

JEL Classification: C60

Suggested Citation

Barash, Vladimir and Muravyov, Dmitry and Ronzaud, Léa, The Digitally Mediated Public Sphere on Vkontakte in Russia 2020 (April 1, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3817588 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3817588

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Dmitry Muravyov

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Léa Ronzaud

Graphika, Inc. ( email )

9450 SW Gemini Dr
PMB 59692
Beaverton, OR 97008
United States

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