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New Media and Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Countries (on the example of the «color-coded» revolutions)

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For citation: Vyrkovsky A.V., Gorbunova A.S., Davletshina M.I. (2019) Novye media i politicheskie protsessy v postsovetskikh stranakh (na primere «tsvetnykh revolyutsiy») [New Media and Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Countries (on the example of the «color-coded» revolutions)]. Mediaskop 4. (in Russian). Available at: http://www.mediascope.ru/2593

DOI: 10.30547/mediascope.4.2019.8

 

© Andrey V. Vyrkovsky
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), a.v.vyrkovsky@gmail.com 

© Angelina S. Gorbunova
PhD student at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), sigure.a@yandex.ru.

© Maya I. Davletshina
PhD student at the Chair of Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), majsondavl@gmail.com.

 

Abstract

In this article, the authors examine the evolution of the use of online tools during the «color-coded» revolutions in the post-Soviet countries – Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Armenia. Using such methods as historical, systematic and typological analysis of political discourse, monitoring and content-analysis as well as the method of semi-structured interviews, the scholars detected the main tools used at the different stages of these political processes. Moreover, the online activity periods and the degree of the influence of new media on the described events are also revealed in the article.

In conclusion, the authors state that there is an increasing influence of the new media on political processes. They also note that new media is a powerful platform that can tremendously change any political environment. The scholars also predict that new media will only increase its influence and that the digital activism of young people maintains its growth.

Keywords: «color-coded» revolutions, media policies, new media, online-activity, media and politics.

 

 

Notes

Est' u revolyutsii nachalo [Does the Revolution Have a Beginning?]. The New Times, 2010, April 13. Available at: https://newtimes.ru/articles/detail/19574/ (aссessed: 14.01.19).

Gde mozhno uznat' novosti o Evromaydane: spisok soobshchestv v sotsial'nykh setyakh [Where Do You Get News about Euromaydan: the List of Groups on Social Networks]. Ain.ua, 2013, December 12. Available at: https://ain.ua/2013/12/12/gde-mozhno-uznat-novosti-o-evromajdane-spisok-soobshhestv-v-socialnyx-setyax/

Glavred «Gromads'ke TV»: My zanyali pozitsiyu byt' s narodom [Editor-in-chief of "Gromads'ke TV": We Took a Position to Be with People]. MIGnews.com.ua, 2014, March 3. Available at: http://mignews.com.ua/avtor/intervyu/41855.html

Karpenko O. SMM na barrikadakh: interv'yu s komandoy Evromaydana v Facebook [SMM on Barricades: Interview with the Euromaydan Team on Facebook]. Ain.ua, 2014, April 28. Available at: https://ain.ua/2014/04/28/smm-na-barrikadax-intervyu-s-komandoj-evromajdana-v-facebook/?fbclid=IwAR2w0R87aABHxw9KsUzUtYj77DUsS42e3xFpBpsl-q3AxhFe554BgYZSGhk

Minchenko O. Gromads'ke telebachennya zaraz divit'sya ponad 100 tis lyudey odnochasno [More Than 100 Thousand People Are Watching Public TV at the Same Time]. watcher.com.ua. 2013, December 1. Available at: http://watcher.com.ua/2013/12/01/hromadske-telebachennya-zaraz-dyvytsya-ponad-100-tys-lyudey-odnochasno/

Pablik ЄvroMaydan – EuroMaydan [Public Page ЄvroMaydan – EuroMaydan]. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/EuroMaydan/

«Twitter-revolyutsiya» v Moldove: otsenka vosem' let spustya [Twitter-Revolution in Moldova: Evaluation After 8 Years]. Digital. Report. 2017. Available at: https://digital.report/twitter-revolyutsiya-v-moldove-otsenka-vosem-let-spustya/ (aссessed: 14.01.2019).

Ukrai'ns'kyj prostir [Ukranian Scope]. Available at: https://vk.com/wall-38854900?offset=76620&own=1

Zuckerman E. (2009) Unpacking «The Twitter Revolution» in Moldova. April 9. Available at: http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/04/09/unpacking-the-twitter-revolution-in-moldova/ (aссessed: 14.01.2019).

 

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