{"title":"Leaders of public opinion: political communication with youth in Russia during 2018–2019","authors":"Karina Armenovna Badalyan, S. Gavrov","doi":"10.1080/19409419.2021.1999154","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article analyzes the role of the representatives of the mass culture and opinion leaders of the age group 18–25 years in the life of the youth of Russia and the formation of their political views, culture and actions by the influence of the Internet on the example of 2018 elections and summer protests. Subject of research: the role of the youth's opinion leaders in the political decision-making process. Objective: to reveal the influence of the leaders of the mass culture on the young people of Russia and their actions in the political sphere with the help of the internet communications. The author has made the analysis of the information about the happened situation and previous information flows. It is concluded that the youth's society of the Russian Federation has the tendency to the exposure of the internet communications and the opinion leaders who operate them.","PeriodicalId":53456,"journal":{"name":"Russian Journal of Communication","volume":"285 1","pages":"238 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Russian Journal of Communication","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19409419.2021.1999154","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The article analyzes the role of the representatives of the mass culture and opinion leaders of the age group 18–25 years in the life of the youth of Russia and the formation of their political views, culture and actions by the influence of the Internet on the example of 2018 elections and summer protests. Subject of research: the role of the youth's opinion leaders in the political decision-making process. Objective: to reveal the influence of the leaders of the mass culture on the young people of Russia and their actions in the political sphere with the help of the internet communications. The author has made the analysis of the information about the happened situation and previous information flows. It is concluded that the youth's society of the Russian Federation has the tendency to the exposure of the internet communications and the opinion leaders who operate them.
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Russian Journal of Communication (RJC) is an international peer-reviewed academic publication devoted to studies of communication in, with, and about Russia and Russian-speaking communities around the world. RJC welcomes both humanistic and social scientific scholarly approaches to communication, which is broadly construed to include mediated information as well as face-to-face interactions. RJC seeks papers and book reviews on topics including philosophy of communication, traditional and new media, film, literature, rhetoric, journalism, information-communication technologies, cultural practices, organizational and group dynamics, interpersonal communication, communication in instructional contexts, advertising, public relations, political campaigns, legal proceedings, environmental and health matters, and communication policy.