Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia
User-generated content makes it possible to identify social practices in ideological communities that were previously invisible to outsiders. The research objective was to check the initial hypothesis that network interaction style depends on the users’ ideological affiliation. The authors studied o...
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| author | Zemfira Z. Iskhakova Gleb D. Khudyakov |
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| description | User-generated content makes it possible to identify social practices in ideological communities that were previously invisible to outsiders. The research objective was to check the initial hypothesis that network interaction style depends on the users’ ideological affiliation. The authors studied online communication discourse within VKontakte social network ideological communities during the presidential elections in Russia in March 7–17, 2024. The interdisciplinary research methodology involved critical discourse analysis and speech act theory. The authors developed a scale for assessing arguments in online comments according to the degree of rationality. The analysis covered 1,879 text units retrieved from 12 communities of communists, conservatives, liberals, and nationalists. The study revealed a set of distinctive features of online communication that depended on the ideological affiliation, e.g., a statistically significant correlation between the user’s argumentation techniques and the user’s community affiliation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2d464dc7cb541ebb484769211e021482025-08-20T02:11:33ZengKemerovo State UniversityВиртуальная коммуникация и социальные сети2782-47992782-48022025-04-0141536110.21603/2782-4799-2025-4-1-53-61Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in RussiaZemfira Z. Iskhakova0https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4783-7956Gleb D. Khudyakov1Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public AdministrationUser-generated content makes it possible to identify social practices in ideological communities that were previously invisible to outsiders. The research objective was to check the initial hypothesis that network interaction style depends on the users’ ideological affiliation. The authors studied online communication discourse within VKontakte social network ideological communities during the presidential elections in Russia in March 7–17, 2024. The interdisciplinary research methodology involved critical discourse analysis and speech act theory. The authors developed a scale for assessing arguments in online comments according to the degree of rationality. The analysis covered 1,879 text units retrieved from 12 communities of communists, conservatives, liberals, and nationalists. The study revealed a set of distinctive features of online communication that depended on the ideological affiliation, e.g., a statistically significant correlation between the user’s argumentation techniques and the user’s community affiliation.interactionelectionsideologycritical discourse analysisuser-generated contentsocial networks |
| spellingShingle | Zemfira Z. Iskhakova Gleb D. Khudyakov Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia Виртуальная коммуникация и социальные сети interaction elections ideology critical discourse analysis user-generated content social networks |
| title | Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia |
| title_full | Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia |
| title_fullStr | Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia |
| title_short | Social Network Communication in Ideological Communities during 2024 Presidential Elections in Russia |
| title_sort | social network communication in ideological communities during 2024 presidential elections in russia |
| topic | interaction elections ideology critical discourse analysis user-generated content social networks |
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