On completion of the course the student will be able to:
•analyze the new media‘s role in Post-Soviet political discourse
•discuss and account for the major Russian online newspapers, magazines, social networks and Internet TV
•critically argue about a selection of scientific texts on the subject

The course provides an insight into the phenomenon of virtualization of politics. During the course, the student gets acquainted with the interrelation between Post-Soviet political culture and the contemporary virtual world from an interdisciplinary perspective. The students familiarize themselves with the Russian political Internet, Russian social media, the blogosphere, and online memory wars.

The course is organized in cooperation with Aleksanteri Institute's Russian and East European Master's School.