Mediated resistance in post-Soviet communicative ecologies: the case of 'Chinese industrial park' in Belarus

Miazhevich, Galina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9233-7097 2019. Mediated resistance in post-Soviet communicative ecologies: the case of 'Chinese industrial park' in Belarus. Russian Journal of Communication 11 (2) , pp. 109-125. 10.1080/19409419.2019.1621192

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Abstract

The paper adopts a ‘communicative ecologies’ framework and problematizes it further by exploring a collective protest campaign in post-Soviet Belarus. This study explains how mediated civic protest communication is embedded in the socio-economic, political and cultural structures of a society. It focuses on a recent case involving civic resistance towards the construction of a so-called ‘Chinese industrial park’ near the capital of Belarus. The 5-year timespan (2012–2017) from the conception of this controversial project to its actual implementation is particularly suitable for exploring the complex interdependencies between traditional and new media in the framing of grassroots protest within semi-authoritarian post-Soviet settings.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1940-9419
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 June 2019
Date of Acceptance:	29 May 2019
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2024 03:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/123222

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