Movement Leadership and Messaging Platforms in Preemptive Repressive Settings: Telegram and the Navalny Movement in Russia

People who lead anti-authoritarian digitally enabled movements face a leadership visibility dilemma—a necessity to balance security with publicity while mobilizing followers. The article asks how the reliance on instant messaging platforms (IMPs) to coordinate protest internally shapes the response...

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Main Author: Aliaksandr Herasimenka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-09-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221123038