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Academic Articles on Russian Politics:
Hit the streets! Social Media in 2017 Russian protest actions
...On the basis of March 26 and June 12, 2017 protests in Russia this paper seeks to explain why only highly resonant political events increase the political significance of Twitter. Based on our previous research, we hypothesize that “echo chambers” substantially accentuate opinion leaders’ posts to publicly viral issues, creating fertile soil for mobilization....
Presented at the 2018 MPSA Conference
Online political discussions and the quest for legitimacy: exploring political communities and finding inuencers in Russian Twitter
On the basis of empirical evidence the paper explores to what extent political activities on Twitter reflect current developments in the political process in Russia. It determines and evaluates strategies of information dissemination of both, the government and the pro-Kremlin organizations, as well as the opposition forces. The paper ...
Presented at the 2017 APSA Conference
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Who wags the dog? Polarizing political rhetoric in a multicultural Canadian society
...We evaluate the current scale of polarization in Ontario politis and whether the "echo chamber" hypothesis applies to Canadian social media. Furthermore, we assess the ability of political leaders to disseminate content beyond their direct followers leading to greater polarization...
Presented at the 2018 MPSA Conference