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A Self-Critical Public : Cumulation of Opinion on Belarusian Oppositional YouTube before the 2020 Protests. / Bodrunova, Svetlana S.; Blekanov, Ivan S.

In: Social Media + Society, Vol. 7, No. 4, 063464, 12.2021, p. 1-13.

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Bodrunova, SS & Blekanov, IS 2021, 'A Self-Critical Public: Cumulation of Opinion on Belarusian Oppositional YouTube before the 2020 Protests', Social Media + Society, vol. 7, no. 4, 063464, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464

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Bodrunova, S. S., & Blekanov, I. S. (2021). A Self-Critical Public: Cumulation of Opinion on Belarusian Oppositional YouTube before the 2020 Protests. Social Media + Society, 7(4), 1-13. [063464]. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464

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Bodrunova SS, Blekanov IS. A Self-Critical Public: Cumulation of Opinion on Belarusian Oppositional YouTube before the 2020 Protests. Social Media + Society. 2021 Dec;7(4):1-13. 063464. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063464

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Bodrunova, Svetlana S. ; Blekanov, Ivan S. / A Self-Critical Public : Cumulation of Opinion on Belarusian Oppositional YouTube before the 2020 Protests. In: Social Media + Society. 2021 ; Vol. 7, No. 4. pp. 1-13.

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