The Internet and Everyday Rights in Russia
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Social & Political Sciences
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Sarah Oates (Principal Investigator) | |
| Vikki Turbine (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Oates S
(2011)
Going Native: The Value in Reconceptualizing International Internet Service Providers as Domestic Media Outlets
in Philosophy & Technology
Oates, S.
(2014)
Glasnost 2.0
in Democratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization
Sarah Oates (Author)
(2012)
Convergence 2.0: Factors in the 'Russian Spring' for Modelling Journalism and Democracy
Sarah Oates (Author)
The Effect of Democratic Discourse in Non-Democratic States: Russian Political Parties On Line
in None
Sarah Oates (Author)
(2011)
Of Needles and Haystacks: Finding Political Activism in the Online Sphere in Russia
Sarah Oates (Author)
(2011)
Web Diplomacy 2.0: Opportunities, Threats and Challenges in Exporting Democracy On Line
Turbine V
(2015)
Women's human rights in Russia: outmoded battlegrounds, or new sites of contentious politics?
in East European Politics
| Description | This project looked at the struggle for rights in the post-Soviet sphere by examining how Russian citizens used the online sphere to define, discuss and act upon issues affecting their daily lives from 2010-2013. Through the lens of 'everyday' rights, this project analyzed how the internet allowed people to advocate for themselves and others by using the communicative properties of the internet. The project looked at both local and national issues including the demands for health care as well as fair treatment for people with disabilities. The project was held during the first significant manifestation of internet-linked protest, as Russian citizens used the online sphere to spread evidence of electoral fraud in 2011 as well as organize massive street protests in the winter of 2011-12. Methods for this project included in-depth analysis of web content; the linkage between traditional mass media and the internet; participation in a street survey during the protests, as well as interviews in Ulyanovsk. The findings show that Russian citizens are learning to articulate their grievances and form broad protests in ways that subvert the conviction that Russians are politically apathetic or disengaged due to a dearth of traditional political institutions. |
| Exploitation Route | These findings help to elucidate the theory and methods of understanding how people may become more engaged in the political process via online interaction that might be dismissed as trivial and/or purely social in nature. This is particularly important as a way of understanding the role of online engagement in non-free states, which limit formal political participation both online and off line. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | http://www.media-politics.com |
| Description | Inter-Media Debate, Agenda-Setting and Contagion in Russia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation for the 2012 series of workshops for the Oxford Internet Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | One Country, Two Audiences: Television and the Internet in Russia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Lecture at the Higher School of Economics, St Petersburg, Russia relating to changes in media audience in Russia. The talk delineates the shift from television to internet as the prime media for younger audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Report from BEARR Trust Annual Conference 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Overview of presentation of project given at conference on 15 November 2013 that appeared in charity newsletter The dissemination of the project aims and some of the findings appeared in the newsletter by the conference host reporting on the talk given by Dr Turbine. The newsletter is sent to the charity's members and is available in print and electronic form. The charity works directly with NGOs working across the former Soviet space so the newsletter has international reach but also direct engagement with practitioners and publics in UK and FSU. The dissemination of the project aims and some of the findings appeared in the newsletter by the conference host reporting on the talk given by Dr Turbine. The newsletter is sent to the charity's members and is available in print and electronic form. The |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Women's political activism in contemporary Russia: some reflections from the online sphere |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This feature article outlines how some young, educated women are engaging politically online in Russia, but that the response to their activism in online commentary is in the forms of 'tropes of dismissal' whereby the women are not viewed as legitimate political actors, or representing genuine political concerns. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Young women's (political) activism online? reflections from Russia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Powerpoint slides from invited seminar presentation for Centre for Gender & Feminist Studies at the University of Stirling. The paper discussed findings from the online analysis and interviews with young women about their internet use as part of the project. The paper argued that while women did not describe themselves as 'political' actors, their discussions of how they engaged with rights issues online showed deep political engagement and agency. The paper explored not only how 'tropes of dismissal' of women as legitimate political actors influenced respondents views, but also how it revealed their lack of satisfaction with the existing political context and elite in representing or responding to claims for change. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |