The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gritsenko, Daria.
Other Authors: Wijermars, Mariëlle., Kopotev, Mikhail.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Chapter 1: Digital Russia Studies: An Introduction
  • 1.1 Area Studies Go Digital
  • 1.2 Studying Digital Russia
  • 1.3 Digital Sources and Methods
  • 1.4 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Part I: Studying Digital Russia
  • Chapter 2: The Digitalization of Russian Politics and Political Participation
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Open Government
  • 2.3 Political Communication
  • 2.4 Political Campaigning
  • 2.5 Voting
  • 2.6 Civic Tech and Civic Engagement
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: E-Government in Russia: Plans, Reality, and Future Outlook
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Digitalization and Government-Why and How?
  • 3.2.1 Motivations for e-Government Uptake
  • 3.2.2 Stages of e-Government Development
  • 3.3 Russian Government's Digitalization Story
  • 3.3.1 Towards an e-Government (2002-2009)
  • 3.3.2 Building e-Government (2011-2015)
  • 3.3.3 Beyond the e-Government-Government as a Platform (2016-Now)
  • 3.4 Regional and Local Dimension of e-Government
  • 3.5 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Russia's Digital Economy Program: An Effective Strategy for Digital Transformation?
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Putting "Digital" in Perspective: Theories of Technological Change
  • 4.3 Russia on the Global Digital Market
  • 4.4 Analysis of the Digital Economy Program: Definitions, Goals, and Indicators
  • 4.4.1 Definition of the Digital Economy
  • 4.4.2 Goals of the Programs
  • 4.4.3 Levels of the Digital Economy
  • 4.4.4 Cross-Cutting Technologies
  • 4.5 Russia's Digital Economy Program: Management System
  • 4.5.1 Multiple Decision Centers
  • 4.5.2 A Single System of Rules
  • 4.5.3 A Spontaneous Order?
  • 4.6 Criticism of the Program and Weaknesses of the Government's Digitalization Strategy.
  • 4.6.1 Imitation and Copying of Western Models
  • 4.6.2 Emphasis on Services to the Detriment of Production
  • 4.6.3 Preservation of Technological Dependence
  • 4.6.4 Lack of Scientific Support
  • 4.6.5 Lack of Reliable ICT Infrastructure
  • 4.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Law and Digitization in Russia
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Open Government Project and Digitalization of Law
  • 5.3 E-justice: Digitalization and Legal Procedure
  • 5.4 Law and Digital Economy: Blockchain and Crowdfunding
  • 5.5 Cyberlaw and Regulation of Runet
  • 5.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Legal Sources
  • Chapter 6: Personal Data Protection in Russia
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Ground Rules
  • 6.2.1 Legal Framework
  • 6.2.2 Enforcing Authorities
  • 6.2.3 Main Categories of Data Protection Legislation
  • 6.2.4 Transfer Outside of Russia
  • 6.2.5 Territorial Scope of Application
  • 6.3 Localization Requirement
  • 6.3.1 Subjects of the Obligation
  • 6.3.2 Registry of Infringers
  • 6.3.3 Amplification of Fines for Infringement
  • 6.4 Yarovaya Law
  • 6.4.1 Storing Requirement
  • 6.4.2 Encryption Keys
  • 6.5 Sovereign Runet
  • 6.5.1 Russian Informational Security
  • 6.5.2 Runet Law
  • 6.6 A New Interpretation of Personal Data
  • 6.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Legal Sources
  • Chapter 7: Cybercrime and Punishment: Security, Information War, and the Future of Runet
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Freedom of Speech vs. the Governmental Control of the Runet
  • 7.3 Surveillance
  • 7.4 Cyber Warfare vs. Information Warfare
  • 7.5 Internet Sovereignty
  • 7.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Digital Activism in Russia: The Evolution and Forms of Online Participation in an Authoritarian State
  • 8.1 Introduction: Evolution of Online Activism in Russia
  • 8.2 Theorizing Online Activism
  • 8.2.1 Defining Online Activism
  • 8.2.2 Types of Online Activism.
  • 8.2.3 Online Activism as Connective Action
  • 8.3 Online Activism in Today's Russia
  • 8.3.1 Empirical Data on Russian Activism
  • 8.3.2 Communicative Online Activism: Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation
  • 8.3.3 Technoactivism: The Example of Telegram
  • 8.3.3.1 Telegram's Legal Battle Against the Russian Security Service
  • 8.3.3.2 Technological Resistance by Telegram
  • 8.3.4 Non-contentious Forms of Online Activism
  • 8.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Digital Journalism: Toward a Theory of Journalistic Practice in the Twenty-First Century
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 "Alternative" Journalism
  • 9.3 All Journalism Is Digital Journalism
  • 9.4 Historical Overview of Russian and Russophone Digital Journalism
  • 9.5 Typological Overview of Russian and Russophone Digital Journalism
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Digitalization of Russian Education: Changing Actors and Spaces of Governance
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Policy Context
  • 10.3 The Rise of New Actors and Actor Assemblages
  • 10.4 Datafication Extending Spaces of Governance
  • 10.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 11: Digitalization of Religion in Russia: Adjusting Preaching to New Formats, Channels and Platforms
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Russian Religious Landscape
  • 11.3 Digitalization and Religion: Normative Aspects
  • 11.4 Religious Responses to the Challenge of Digitalization
  • 11.5 Sacred and Profane: Digital Remapping
  • 11.6 Challenges of Digitalization in Religious Perspective
  • 11.7 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Doing Gender Online: Digital Spaces for Identity Politics
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Constructing Gender Online
  • 12.3 Digital Services for (wo)men: Creating Gender-Specific Spaces
  • 12.4 Women's and Queer Online Activism
  • 12.5 Conclusion
  • References.
  • Chapter 13: Digitalization of Consumption in Russia: Online Platforms, Regulations and Consumer Behavior
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 E-commerce, M-commerce and Online Shopping
  • 13.2.1 E-commerce, M-commerce
  • 13.2.1.1 Russian E-commerce Retailers
  • 13.2.1.2 New Retail Platforms
  • 13.2.2 The Profile of Online Consumers
  • 13.2.3 Online Cross-Border Shopping
  • 13.2.3.1 Regulation of the Online Cross-Border Shopping
  • 13.3 Online Exchanges: Sharing Economy and Collaborative Consumption
  • 13.3.1 Types of Sharing Economy
  • 13.3.2 Participants of Sharing Economy
  • 13.3.3 Drivers and Barriers of Sharing Economy
  • 13.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Digital Art: A Sourcebook of Ideas for Conceptualizing New Practices, Networks and Modes of Self-Expression
  • 14.1 Introduction
  • 14.2 Re-structuring the Image:4 Olga Tobreluts and the Digital Collage (the 1980s and the 1990s)
  • 14.3 Re-wiring the East: Olia Lialina and net.art (the 1990s)
  • 14.4 Mini and Maxi: Global Visions from Oleg Kuvaev and AES+F (the 2000s and 2010s)
  • 14.5 The Digital Archive: Cyland and Cyfest (the 2000s and the 2010s)
  • References
  • Chapter 15: From Samizdat to New Sincerity. Digital Literature on the Russian-Language Internet
  • 15.1 Introduction. The Hybrid Nature of Digital Literature
  • 15.2 Literary Practices/Literary Facts on the Runet: Definitions and Approaches
  • 15.3 The Russian-Language Internet (Runet): Horizontal Versus Vertical Communication Patterns
  • 15.4 Literary Practices on the Runet: Libraries and Life-Writing
  • 15.4.1 Digitized Literature: Forming the Canon from Below
  • 15.4.2 Hypertext Digressions and Media Criticism
  • 15.4.3 Bottom-Up Creativity: Amateur Literature, Fan Fiction, kreatiff
  • 15.4.4 Blogging: Non-literariness and New Sincerity
  • 15.4.5 Social Networks: Life-Writing, Public Expression and "Prosumer Capitalism".
  • 15.5 Fields of Research: Toward Mixed Methods
  • 15.6 Conclusions: Content Outplays Code
  • References
  • Chapter 16: Run Runet Runaway: The Transformation of the Russian Internet as a Cultural-Historical Object
  • 16.1 Introduction
  • 16.2 Runet as an Object: Theoretical and Historical Approaches
  • 16.3 Runet as a Runaway Object
  • 16.4 The Vectors of Runet Development: Defining Runet as an Object in a Cultural-Historical Context
  • 16.5 The History of Runet Through Five Vectors
  • 16.5.1 The Technological Vector: From Enthusiasts to Corporations
  • 16.5.2 The Cultural Vector: From Alternative to Mainstream
  • 16.5.3 The Media Vector: From Alternative Media to State Control
  • 16.5.4 The User Vector: From Elites to Everyday Usage
  • 16.5.5 The Political Vector: From Democratic Promise to Digital Sovereignty
  • 16.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: Digital Sources and Methods
  • Chapter 17: Corpora in Text-Based Russian Studies
  • 17.1 Introduction
  • 17.2 The Web as a Corpus
  • 17.3 Electronic Libraries
  • 17.4 Linguistic Corpora2
  • 17.4.1 The Russian National Corpus (www.ruscorpora.ru)
  • 17.4.1.1 Case Study: Tracking Collective Memory Through "Decade Constructions"3
  • 17.4.2 Integrum (www.integrumworld.com)
  • 17.4.2.1 Case Study: Political Buzzwords in Russian4
  • 17.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 18: RuThes Thesaurus for Natural Language Processing
  • 18.1 Introduction
  • 18.2 Thesauri in NLP an IR
  • 18.2.1 WordNet Thesaurus and Wordnets
  • 18.2.2 Information Retrieval Thesauri
  • 18.3 RuThes Structure, Units, and Relations
  • 18.3.1 RuThes General Structure
  • 18.3.2 RuThes Units
  • 18.3.3 RuThes Relations
  • 18.4 Description of Social and Political Concepts in RuThes
  • 18.5 RuThes as a Source for Russian WordNet
  • 18.6 Conclusion
  • References.
  • Chapter 19: Social Media-based Research of Interpersonal and Group Communication in Russia.