Digital Management of Political Actors and Media Agents During the Republic of Belarus Events in 2020–2021: The Discursive Field and Dissemination Mechanisms
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-1-37-49
Abstract
The article is devoted to identifying the features of digital management of opposition (protest) and pro-government producers of relevant content (political actors and media agents) who actively participated in the protest wave in the Republic of Belarus in 2020–2021. Certain similarities of communication and political culture allow us to say that unconventional forces can use the applied algorithms to destabilize the situation in the Russian Federation. Using a hybrid technique, including discourse analysis and automated social media analysis, the authors studied the digital management of content producers, the contextual discourse field, and the features of communication strategy in a network environment for broadcasting the generated discourses.
About the Authors
N. A. Tyukov
Moscow State Pedagogical University; Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikita A. Tyukov - Cand. Sci. (History), Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science; Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communications and Media Business
Moscow
E. R . Nikulin
Moscow State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Egor R. Nikulin - Master’s student, Faculty of History, Institute of History and Politics
Moscow
V. L. Shapovalov
Moscow State Pedagogical University; MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir L. Shapovalov — Cand. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Political Science
Moscow
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Tyukov N.A., Nikulin E.R., Shapovalov V.L. Digital Management of Political Actors and Media Agents During the Republic of Belarus Events in 2020–2021: The Discursive Field and Dissemination Mechanisms. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2022;12(1):37-49. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2022-12-1-37-49
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