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Russia: Quantitative Research Proves Blogs Set an Alternative News Agenda

RuNet Echo This post is part of RuNet Echo, a Global Voices project to interpret the Russian language internet. All Posts · Learn more

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Français · Russie : une recherche sur les informations proposées par les blogs d'opposition
Ελληνικά · Ρωσία: Ποσοτική έρευνα δείχνει πως τα blogs θέτουν εναλλακτική ατζέντα στην επικαιρότητα

Bruce Etling, Berkman Center scholar and one of the authors of the “Mapping of the Russian Blogosphere” research, posts the initial results of the Russian online media content analysis. While the “Russian TV channels and newspapers (traditional and Web native) cover topics similar to each other and to the Russian government,” opposition blogs provide “an alternative agenda to mainstream sources,” the blogpost at Media Cloud blog says.

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