The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies.

• Author: Gritsenko, Daria.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wijermars, Mariëlle.; Kopotev, Mikhail.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2020.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (620 pages)

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.