Social media and Russian territorial irredentism

Some Facts and a Conjecture

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6357841
AutoresJesse Driscoll (0000-0002-6880-6268, University of California San Diego, autor correspondente), Zachary C Steinert-Threlkeld (0000-0002-5122-9660, University of California, Los Angeles)
Ano2020
Volume36
Fascículo2
Páginas101-121
Data de publicação2020-03-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPost-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1060586x.2019.1701879
OpenAlexW2994813731
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas43

After Kremlin policymakers decided to incorporate the territory of Crimea into Russia, updates on public attitudes in Russian-speaking communities elsewhere in Ukraine would have been in high demand. Because social media users produce content in order to communicate ideas to their social networks, online political discourse can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities. We map the evolution of Russian-speakers’ attitudes, expressed on social media, across the course of the conflict as Russian analysts might have observed them at the time. Results suggest that the Russian-Ukrainian interstate border only moved as far as their military could have advanced while incurring no occupation costs – Crimea, and no further

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