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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.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Номер статьи20563051211033809
Число страниц11
ЖурналSocial Media and Society
Том7
Номер выпуска3
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СостояниеОпубликовано - июл 2021

    Предметные области Scopus

  • Культурология
  • Связь
  • Прикладные компьютерные науки

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