InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background
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 attentio...
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2021-07-01
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| author | Anna Smoliarova Svetlana S Bodrunova |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01de3d84a796448f8085a04d2e7bba962022-12-21T22:46:09ZengSAGE PublishingSocial Media + Society2056-30512021-07-01710.1177/20563051211033809InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration BackgroundAnna SmoliarovaSvetlana S BodrunovaRussian-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.https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211033809 |
| spellingShingle | Anna Smoliarova Svetlana S Bodrunova InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background Social Media + Society |
| title | InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background |
| title_full | InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background |
| title_fullStr | InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background |
| title_full_unstemmed | InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background |
| title_short | InstaMigrants: Global Ties and Mundane Publics of Russian-Speaking Bloggers with Migration Background |
| title_sort | instamigrants global ties and mundane publics of russian speaking bloggers with migration background |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211033809 |
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