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InstaMigrants : Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background. / Smoliarova, Anna; Bodrunova, Svetlana S.
In: Social Media and Society, Vol. 7, No. 3, 20563051211033809, 07.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - InstaMigrants
T2 - Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background
AU - Smoliarova, Anna
AU - Bodrunova, Svetlana S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Russian-speaking diaspora has spread across the world during the last century and plays a significant role in cultural and political life of the host countries. But its virtual presence remains heavily understudied; it is only Russian-speaking news websites that have received some scholarly attention. This study aims at estimating the globality of mass self-communication of Russian emigrants on Instagram in the context of virtual diaspora studies as a new form of imagined communities. Instagram communication of emigrants illustrates how the nature of mass self-communication influences the nature of ties between diaspora members. We confirm the global scale of ties that are developed by the Russian-speaking “InstaMigrants” by network analysis. We also show that such seemingly apolitical publics possess a potential for politicization of everyday life and migration experience in unconventional ways.
AB - Russian-speaking diaspora has spread across the world during the last century and plays a significant role in cultural and political life of the host countries. But its virtual presence remains heavily understudied; it is only Russian-speaking news websites that have received some scholarly attention. This study aims at estimating the globality of mass self-communication of Russian emigrants on Instagram in the context of virtual diaspora studies as a new form of imagined communities. Instagram communication of emigrants illustrates how the nature of mass self-communication influences the nature of ties between diaspora members. We confirm the global scale of ties that are developed by the Russian-speaking “InstaMigrants” by network analysis. We also show that such seemingly apolitical publics possess a potential for politicization of everyday life and migration experience in unconventional ways.
KW - critical public
KW - global public
KW - Instagram
KW - migration
KW - networked public
KW - Russia
KW - SPHERE
KW - MIGRANTS
KW - MEDIA
KW - SOCIAL NETWORKS
KW - COMMUNICATION
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111295105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/20563051211033809
DO - 10.1177/20563051211033809
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111295105
VL - 7
JO - Social Media + Society
JF - Social Media + Society
SN - 2056-3051
IS - 3
M1 - 20563051211033809
ER -
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