Live Journal and a local newspaper in the 2007 election context

Alexei Krivolap. Live Journal and a local newspaper in the 2007 election context // Political Sphere №11, 2008 p. 26-37 ISSN1819-3625

Abstract

This article is an attempt to answer the question of how the new technologies of communication were used during the election to the local Councils which took place on January 14, 2007. The way it is possible to compare a solid local newspaper and a web-site with its blogs and virtual communities. What is common and what is different between the readers of the printed newspaper and the participants of various social networks.

Key words:

LiveJournal, blog, communities, local election, new media, local newspapers, social networks.

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Alexei Krivolap. Live Journal and a local newspaper in the 2007 election context // Political Sphere №11, 2008 p. 26-37 ISSN1819-3625