Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization

Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization

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Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization

dc.contributor.author	Palfrey, John Gorham
dc.contributor.author	Etling, Bruce
dc.contributor.author	Alexanyan, Karina
dc.contributor.author	Kelly, John
dc.contributor.author	Faris, Robert M
dc.contributor.author	Gasser, Urs
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-19T21:58:55Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Bruce Etling, Karina Alexanyan, John Kelly, Rob Faris, John Palfrey, Urs Gasser, Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization (2010).	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8789613
dc.description.abstract	We analyzed Russian blogs to discover networks of discussion around politics and public affairs. Beginning with an initial set of over five million blogs, we used social network analysis to identify a highly active ‘Discussion Core’ of over 11,000. These were clustered according to long term patterns of citations within posts, and the resulting segmentation characterized through both automated and human content analysis. Key findings include: * Unlike their counterparts in the US and elsewhere, Russian bloggers prefer platforms that combine features typical of blogs with features of social network services (SNSs) like Facebook. Russian blogging is dominated by a handful of these “SNS hybrids.” * While the larger Russian blogosphere is highly divided according to platform, there is a central Discussion Core that contains the majority of political and public affairs discourse. This core is comprised mainly, though not exclusively, of blogs on the LiveJournal platform.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.title	Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization	en_US
dc.type	Research Paper or Report	en_US
dc.description.version	Version of Record	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Palfrey, John Gorham
dc.date.available	2012-05-19T21:58:55Z