New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan - Exploring the Lived Experiences of Young People in Eurasia

Drawing from an extensive database and a cross-national comparative approach, this book examines the ways and reasons why new media promotes political participation among young people in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author develops theoretical models that better explain how new-media use translates into political participation.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Study of New Media and Political Participation
Chapter 2: New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan
Chapter 3: New Media Political Participation Models
Chapter 4: How Young People Use New Media in Political Participation
Chapter 5: The Role of Civic Engagement in New-Media-Led Political Participation
Chapter 6: Why Young People Use New Media in Political Participation
Conclusions
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Yerkebulan Sairambay is currently a research fellow and assistant professor at Suleyman Demirel University (Kaskelen, Kazakhstan) and a research associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Yerkebulan Sairambay
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666927801
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-780-1
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, Eastern Europe, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet