Managing public outrage
Power, scandal, and new media in contemporary Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Florian Toepfl (0000-0001-5773-779X, LMU University Munich, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1301-1319 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461444811405021 |
| OpenAlex | W2162466839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 41 |
| References cited | 14 |
Over the past three decades, scholars studying the phenomenon of political scandal have mostly based their works on the premise that scandals can only occur in liberal democracies. Contradictory to this assumption, however, some of the most heavily discussed phenomena in contemporary semi-authoritarian Russia are scandals emanating from the new, vibrant sphere of social media thriving on a largely unfiltered internet. How are these ‘internet scandals’ impacting politics in the semi-authoritarian political environment? To address this and related questions, I juxtapose two case studies of police corruption scandals that erupted in the social media sphere in 2009/2010. Drawing on the findings, I argue that Russia’s ruling elites are presently very much capable of managing these outbursts of public outrage. Mainly with the help of the powerful state-controlled television, public anger is very swiftly redirected towards lower-level authorities and foreign, supposedly hostile powers
Authoritarianism · Censorship · Democracy · Language change · Media studies · Outrage · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public sphere · Social media · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Media and Politics · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Unique citing works | 41 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 41 |