Digital media and political opposition in authoritarian systems: Russia’s 2011 and 2016 Duma elections
| Autor: | Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner, Charles E. Ziegler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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business.industry
05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Authoritarianism Opposition (politics) 050801 communication & media studies 0506 political science Digital media Politics 0508 media and communications Law Political economy Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Survey data collection Social media Sociology business |
| Zdroj: | Democratization. 25:209-226 |
| ISSN: | 1743-890X 1351-0347 |
| Popis: | The ability of authoritarian regimes to maintain power hinges, in part, on how well they are able to manipulate the flow of information to the masses. While authoritarian states have had success controlling traditional media, the growth of social media over the last decade has created new challenges for such regimes. The Russian experience offers an example of how an authoritarian regime responds to this potential threat. Because of the massive demonstrations surrounding the 2011–2012 Duma elections, the ruling Russian government suspected that social media provided a significant impetus for the demonstrations. Social media, through its dissemination of opposition blogs, could have helped drive negative attitudes about the governing party. As such, the government responded by employing strategies to tighten their grip on the digital flow of information. We use survey data to demonstrate that exposure to blogs via social media at the time of the demonstrations led many to believe that the elections... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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