Divided Publics: Digital Media and Public Participation in Wartime Russia

by Olga Zvonareva

Overview

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Exploring Russia’s grassroots aid for Ukrainian refugees via Telegram, this book reveals how digital media fuels both solidarity and division. It offers a rare look at participation under authoritarianism, introducing a new lens on collective action in crises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529255331
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2026
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Participation

3. Publics

4. A World With Less in Common

5. Methodological Appendix

Editorial Reviews

‘In this book, digital ethnography of wartime volunteer networks and theories of democracy are brilliantly woven together into a real page-turner.’ Wiebe E. Bijker, Maastricht University

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