CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Benediktov, Anton Konstantinovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Internet Regulation and Political Activism in Post-Soviet Countries: Case Study of Russia and Belarus |
| Summary | After the rallies in Moscow and “clapping protests” in Minsk in 2011, the governments of Russia and Belarus have implemented the alarming amount of laws regulating the spread of information on the Web. This research uses the combination of theories from political science, media studies and international relations to better explain how the rise of Internet regulation since 2011 has influenced political activism in post-soviet countries with competitive authoritarian regimes. Through the methods of process tracing and analysis of the original documents, case comparison, secondary analysis of the industrial reports and sociological polls, and the expert interviews it outlines how political activists reacted to the tightening state control over the previously relatively free new media. It also gives an idea on how Russia follows Belarus in the sphere of Web regulation through the process of policy transfer. |
| Supervisor | Youngmi Kim |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/benediktov_anton.pdf |
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