A significant part of far-right activities worldwide take place within the media ecosystem formed by accounts and communities on social media platforms. Drawing on the media ideology approach, this study investigates how far-right Russian internet users perceive various social media platforms and how their sociopolitical beliefs affect these perceptions. Based on a series of in-depth semi-structured interviews, we argue that far-right users assess social media platforms according to the criteria of security, meaning privacy and non-cooperation with law enforcement agencies; freedom from moderation; and functionality, including informational, communicational, recreational, and self-expressional roles. The results demonstrate that, for a sociopolitically stigmatized user cohort, media ideology becomes a tool for adaptation and survival, stressing the factors of privacy protection and ideological proximity.

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“右翼安全空间”与“少校同志”：俄罗斯极右翼社交媒体用户的媒体意识形态


全球极右翼活动的很大一部分发生在由社交媒体平台上的账户和社区形成的媒体生态系统中。本研究借鉴媒体意识形态方法，调查了俄罗斯极右翼互联网用户如何看待各种社交媒体平台，以及他们的社会政治信仰如何影响这些看法。基于一系列深入的半结构化访谈，我们认为极右翼用户根据安全标准评估社交媒体平台，即隐私和不与执法机构合作;不受节制的自由;和功能，包括信息、通信、娱乐和自我表达角色。结果表明，对于社会政治上被污名化的用户群体来说，媒体意识形态成为适应和生存的工具，强调隐私保护和意识形态接近的因素。