TikTok political participation supporting Alexey Navalny during the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia

Sergei Glotov

doi:10.4324/9781003283737-60

TikTok political participation supporting Alexey Navalny during the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia

Sergei Glotov^*

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Abstract

The outbreak of the COVID-19 and ensuing lockdown increased the popularity of TikTok among Russian people, who in January 2021 transformed it into a space for political expression, following the arrest of opposition politician Alexey Navalny. This chapter explores the state of participatory politics on Russian TikTok from the arrest and the subsequent nationwide demonstrations in Navalny’s support. The research data includes 200 most popular TikTok videos with #navalnylive and #23january that were largely used by Navalny’s supporters. The videos’ content was analyzed and assigned to one of the five core practices of participatory politics (investigation, dialogue and feedback, circulation, production, and distribution). The results revealed that despite being engaging in all five practices, the majority of people participated in the circulation of information, thus supporting Navalny without voicing their opinions directly.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic
Editors	Yonty Friesem, Usha Raman, Igor Kanižaj, Grace Y. Choi
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	479-487
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003283737
ISBN (Print)	9781032225036
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003283737-60
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2022
Publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education

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Choi, G. Y., Clark, L. S., Frau-Meigs, D., Glotov, S., Jimenez Jr., C., López, A. & Xu, J., 8 Sept 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. Friesem, Y., Raman, U., Kanižaj, I. & Choi, G. Y. (eds.). Routledge, p. 506-509 4 p. (Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education).
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TikTok political participation supporting Alexey Navalny during the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia. / Glotov, Sergei.
The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic. ed. / Yonty Friesem; Usha Raman; Igor Kanižaj; Grace Y. Choi. Routledge, 2022. p. 479-487 (Routledge Research in Media Literacy and Education).

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TikTok political participation supporting Alexey Navalny during the Covid-19 pandemic in Russia

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