Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo

Volume: 6 Number: 1 March 1, 2016
  • Svetlana Sergeevna Bodrunova
  • Anna Alexandrovna Litvinenko
  • Dmitry Petrovich Gavra
  • Aleksandr Vasilievich Yakunin
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Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo

Abstract

According to a number of scholars, Twitter possesses big potential to become a ‘crossroads of discourses’ due to its openness, de-hierarchization, and spontaneity (Miller 2014, Shirky 2008). At the same time, substantial criticism has risen towards political and deliberative efficacy of Twitter (Fuchs 2013). The authors aim at analyzing the features of the Twitter-based agenda setting within the hybrid media system in Russia (Chadwick 2013, Bodrunova & Litvinenko 2013a). The research question is whether the use of Twitter in the Russian socio-political context potentially leads to the formation of the ‘crossroads of opinions’ or, in contrast, to closing-up of political discussion and to further fragmentation of public discourse. The research focuses on structural and content aspects of discussion on anti-migrant bashings in Biryulyovo (Moscow) that happened in October 2013. Our research methods include automated vocabulary-based web crawling, word frequency analysis, manual coding of tweets, and interpretation of statistical data. Preliminary results suggest an unexpectedly high level of mediatization of the discussion; the hypothesis about the ‘crossroads’ nature of the discussion on the Russian Twitter seems to be proven, which makes this platform differ from the Russian Facebook where, according to another recent study (Bodrunova & Litvinenko 2013b), political discussions are held mostly in closed-up communicative milieus, or ‘echo chambers’ (Sunstein 2007).

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Svetlana Sergeevna Bodrunova This is me

Anna Alexandrovna Litvinenko This is me

Dmitry Petrovich Gavra This is me

Aleksandr Vasilievich Yakunin This is me

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March 1, 2016

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Year 2016 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Bodrunova, S. S., Litvinenko, A. A., Gavra, D. P., & Yakunin, A. V. (2016). Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo. International Review of Management and Marketing, 6(1), 97-104. https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT
AMA
1.Bodrunova SS, Litvinenko AA, Gavra DP, Yakunin AV. Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo. IRMM. 2016;6(1):97-104. https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT
Chicago
Bodrunova, Svetlana Sergeevna, Anna Alexandrovna Litvinenko, Dmitry Petrovich Gavra, and Aleksandr Vasilievich Yakunin. 2016. “Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo”. International Review of Management and Marketing 6 (1): 97-104. https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT.
EndNote
Bodrunova SS, Litvinenko AA, Gavra DP, Yakunin AV (March 1, 2016) Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo. International Review of Management and Marketing 6 1 97–104.
IEEE
[1]S. S. Bodrunova, A. A. Litvinenko, D. P. Gavra, and A. V. Yakunin, “Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo”, IRMM, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 97–104, Mar. 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT
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Bodrunova, Svetlana Sergeevna - Litvinenko, Anna Alexandrovna - Gavra, Dmitry Petrovich - Yakunin, Aleksandr Vasilievich. “Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo”. International Review of Management and Marketing 6/1 (March 1, 2016): 97-104. https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT.
JAMA
1.Bodrunova SS, Litvinenko AA, Gavra DP, Yakunin AV. Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo. IRMM. 2016;6:97–104.
MLA
Bodrunova, Svetlana Sergeevna, et al. “Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo”. International Review of Management and Marketing, vol. 6, no. 1, Mar. 2016, pp. 97-104, https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT.
Vancouver
1.Svetlana Sergeevna Bodrunova, Anna Alexandrovna Litvinenko, Dmitry Petrovich Gavra, Aleksandr Vasilievich Yakunin. Twitter-Based Discourse on Migrants in Russia: The Case of 2013 Bashings in Biryulyovo. IRMM [Internet]. 2016 Mar. 1;6(1):97-104. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA75AH27WT