title: Social media in local environmental conflicts
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Golbraich, Vladimir B.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-12-13T18:36:14Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-12-13T18:36:14Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Golbraich V. B. Social media in local environmental conflicts. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2019, vol. 12, issue 4, pp. 368–384.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2019.405
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16860
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Social networks have become an everyday phenomenon, performing the functions of interpersonal
  communication, entertainment, education, and news consumption. In this regard,
  social media is becoming an essential factor in political and public life, as well as one of the
  most important resources for social movements. This study focuses on how initiative groups
  in modern Russia (based on the example of the social network VKontakte) use social media
  during local environmental conflicts (to attract citizens to problematic situations and mobilize
  them). The study used a content analysis of virtual groups created in connection with local
  environmental conflicts, and a survey was conducted of the most active members of virtual
  groups and their leaders. The study identified the main functions performed by virtual groups
  (information, mobilization, etc.); the use of various resources groups (visual, etc.); use of various
  information sources (traditional media; social media, etc.). The digital participation of
  virtual groups’ members was analyzed, as well as the traditional political participation of the
  most active group members. The study illustrated the active use of groups for mobilization.
  At the same time, the analysis revealed low digital participation of social media users. Also,
  the results of the analysis showed that the majority of respondents, which could be attributed
  to the most active of the group members, also took part in traditional forms (rallies, pickets,
  public hearings, etc.). The study demonstrated that most group leaders believed that virtual
  groups contributed significantly to the mobilization of potential supporters during a conflict.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was conducted as part of research on the state assignment on the topic “Socio-cultural
  changes and the structuring of power relations in modern Russia” (AAAA-A17-117030110144-3, No. 0169-
  2015-0005).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 12; Issue 4
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: social media
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: local environmental conflicts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mobilization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Social media in local environmental conflicts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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