Trust vs. Disorientation: Economy of the Russian-Speaking ‘Migrant’ Groups in Social Media (The Case of VKontakte)

Timoshkin, Dmitriy

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“…Наконец, для понимания современных миграционных процессов необходимо анализировать то, как мигранты используют онлайн-технологии [22; 23]. Отдельные исследования, посвященные анализу онлайн-активности мигрантов из стран СНГ в Россию и использованию ими социальных медиа, фиксируют важность этой активности для конструирования национальных и иных идентичностей [9; 24], для экономических практик мигрантов [25], равно как и для поддержания транснациональных связей [26].…”

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“…Кроме того, в каждой из пяти стран преобладает мусульманское население, что позволяет сравнивать значение ислама для организации повседневных практик и формирования идентичностей мигрантов из этих стран. Наконец, приезжие из этих стран -так называемые видимые мигранты (visible migrants): они легко идентифицируются местным населением именно как мигранты.3 Выбор социальной сети «ВКонтакте» определяется тем, что это самая популярная социальная сеть в России и одна из наиболее популярных в странах СНГ[25].4 В настоящей статье в фокусе внимания находится образ нации и типы национализма, а не типы радикализма и степень радикализации. Однако необходимо кратко охарактеризовать наш подход к пониманию радикализма и радикализации.…”

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The Images of the Nation in Migrant Social Media: А Comparative Analysis of VKontakte Groups from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Tregubova,

Stepanov,

Lisitsyn

2023

Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies

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The paper presents the results of a study that is part of a broader project aimed at analyzing online activities of migrants to Russia from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This research lies at the intersection of migration studies and nationalism studies. The authors seek to characterize the images of the nation and related discussions in online communities on migration topics. The focus of empirical analysis is five VKontakte groups discussing various news and stories about the country of origin, including news on migration to Russia. The methods are online observation supplemented by discourse analysis of posts and comments. The authors aim to answer the following questions: How do the participants construct the images of the nation? What is debatable and what is in consensus? How are the images of the nation and Islam related? How is migration to Russia characterized? Basing on empirical analysis, the authors characterize three images of the nation: “modernizing state” (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan), “Muslim nation, but not Islamic state” (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), “nation united by common enemies” (Azerbaijan). For the first one, the main sources of tension are class divisions and vectors of nation’s development. For the second one, Islam is considered as an important part of the national culture, and there are discussions, which type of identity, national or religious, is more significant. The third image is characterized by internal divisions which lose their importance in the face of the external enemy. In conclusion the authors discuss implications of research results for understanding migration processes in the post-Soviet space, including radicalization of migrants.

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The Images of the Nation in Migrant Social Media: А Comparative Analysis of VKontakte Groups from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

Tregubova,

Stepanov,

Lisitsyn

2023

Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies

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The role of the digital diaspora in overcoming the vulnerabilities of migrants under the covid-19 pandemic (the case of Moldovan migrants)

Ryazantsev

Volkova

Ostavnaia

2022

Vestnik Rossijskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Serija Sociol

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Contemporary information-communication technologies contribute to the development of the quasi-institution ‘transnational migrant community’ in the form of digital diaspora. It has several functions: maintaining ties with the country of origin, ensuring transnational interaction, constructing the identity of migrants, consolidating their ethnic community and social adaptation, expressing the subjectivity of the diaspora in the public sphere, psycho-emotional support. The relevance of the study of the digital diaspora’s role in overcoming vulnerabilities of migrants under the pandemic is determined by the need to consider the adaptation of migrants in the context of the transformation of migrations and the use of contemporary information-communication technologies by migrants. The object of the study is the online groups of Moldovan migrants, which are characterized by the rapid institutionalization of diaspora organizations. The authors focus on the mechanisms of social adaptation of Moldovan migrants, which serve to overcome their vulnerabilities and risks under the pandemic with information-communication technologies. The study is based on the concept “digital diaspora” and the secondary analysis of the data from the Representative Office of the International Organization for Migration in Moldova on the Internet practices of Moldovan migrants (2017) and on the situation of migrants under the pandemic (2020). The main research method is the analysis of the content of the largest Internet groups of Moldovan migrants in the social network with the techniques “problem tree” and “decision tree”. The study showed that during the pandemic, the Internet groups of Moldovan migrants became a platform for their self-organization and overcoming vulnerabilities, and also performed informational, organizational, representative, mobilization and recreational functions. The authors believe that the experience of the Internet groups of Moldovan migrants can be extrapolated to other migrant communities and other contexts supporting the political, economic and social-cultural subjectivity of migrants.

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Research of migration processes in electronic social networks

Гребенюк

Субботин

2021

Digital Sociology

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The article сarries out an analysis of the practices of using electronic social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Vkontakte, etc.) in the study of migration processes. The paper shows how alternative to traditional sources (administrative, surveys) data allow us to form an up-to-date idea of the spatial-temporal and socio-demographic characteristics of migration. The authors study the integration of migrants in destination countries, including difficulties of assimilation and identity preservation, geography of migration flows, migration due to natural disasters and political reasons, intellectual and labour migration. The specificity of the data generated by social networks is that they cover the entire population and are produced in real time.The paper highlights the search for the necessary information using the means of platforms – advertising plugins, geolocation in posts and information directly collected from users, the functioning of certain communities, published comments. The study also gives important methodological features, the success of the results of any research conducted through the analysis of electronic social networks depends on the consideration of which. The problem of the information obtained with their help lies in such limitations as accessibility (technical features of specific platforms), representativeness (insufficient development of statistical techniques for evaluation) and variability of user preferences. In conclusion, the authors conclude about the prospects of using digital mass communication media in the study of migration processes.The scientific and practical significance of the research paper lies in the fact that it complements the literature on the topic under consideration, being the first systematic review of it in the Russian language, and also provides recommendations on the use of the information obtained.

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Trust vs. Disorientation: Economy of the Russian-Speaking ‘Migrant’ Groups in Social Media (The Case of VKontakte)

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The Images of the Nation in Migrant Social Media: А Comparative Analysis of VKontakte Groups from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

The Images of the Nation in Migrant Social Media: А Comparative Analysis of VKontakte Groups from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan

The role of the digital diaspora in overcoming the vulnerabilities of migrants under the covid-19 pandemic (the case of Moldovan migrants)

Research of migration processes in electronic social networks

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