Cosmopolitan Practices in Digital Publics: The Case of Responses to Russia’s War on Ukraine
Journal: Queensland University of Technology
Year: 2025

This thesis explores how cosmopolitanism, or an attitude of openness and responsibility towards those outside of one's nation, is practised by social media users during Russia's war on Ukraine. Through a mixed-methods exploration of three case studies, it highlights cosmopolitan practices that display a higher degree of commitment, and practices that have only a limited potential for it. Overall, cosmopolitan practices are possible in low-trust, digitally networked environments such as Twitter,