THE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE OF THE UKRAINIAN INFORMATION FLOWS ABOUT THE CRIMEA DEVELOPMENT AS A PART OF RUSSIA: SOCIAL-MEDIA ANALYTICS AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
Journal: Bulletin of the Moscow State Regional University
Year: 2018

The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the characteristics of Ukrainian social and media flows about the Crimea development in Russia. The design of the study includes an automated analysis of the content of social media messages using special software and discursive analysis of relevant social media documents. Four types of information flows of the Ukrainian network leaders are identified. They form anti-government settings among the Crimean and Russian users. The specific