Vlad Strukov

I am pleased to announce the publication of the anniversary issue of Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media (digitalicons.org). This is our twentieth issue, celebrating a whole …
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Issue 20 celebrates ten years of Digital Icons. As an integral part of this celebratory issue we want to paint a broad picture of the changes Runet underwent in the …
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In February 2018, St. Petersburg welcomed the eleventh edition of Cyfest, an annual international festival of media art, organised by Cyland International MediaArtLab (https://cyland.org/lab/). This year’s theme is ‘Weather Forecast: …
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Issue 17 expands on the topic of mundane practices of patriotic (non)consumption that we explored in Issue 16 ‘Patriotic (Non)Consumption: Food, Fashion and Media’. In fact, articles 17.1-17.4 were prepared …
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National sentiment has regained prominence in calls for political unity often to protectionism, separatism and even aggression. In countries such as Belarus, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Ukraine, the rise …
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In this introductory essay the guest editors provide a critical account of the concepts of patriotism and consumption. Whilst nationalism is on the rise in many countries in the world, …
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This visual essay analyses visual strategies employed by cultural producers to mediate the political discourse about patriotism in the Russian Federation. It uses original visual materials to document the …
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The new issue of the journal consists of two parts. The first includes research essays that had been received through our regular submission system. The second is a cluster on …
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DI 13 opens with the ‘Bulgarian cluster’, presenting research and artistic insights into the digital and networked culture of Bulgaria. The submissions in this section are an outcome of an …
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The production of the new issue of Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media (Digital Icons) has been darkened by the conflict in Ukraine and the ensuing global …
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In this essay I consider the performances of Pussy Riot as part of the global protest movement, which utilities appropriation as its main means of expression. The paper identifies the …
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The 2011-12 Protest Movement in Russia re-defined the country and the Russian-speaking community worldwide politically, socially and culturally. It began as a response to the 2011 Russian legislative election process, …
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This special issue of Digital icons is dedicated to the memory of

Natalia Sokolova,

a brilliant scholar of Russian fandom culture and our dear friend.

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The article explores A. Sokurov’s Russian Ark and A. Popogrebskii’s How I Ended This Summer as cinegames, i.e. examples of hybridization of media—film and computer gaming—and associated narrative styles, forms …
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Networked Putinism: The Fading Days of the (Broadcast) Era

Moscow as a Digital Pattern: Alexey Beliayev-Guintovt’s Imperial Loops

The BBC World Service is the world’s largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via a wide range of technologies, including analogue and digital …
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At the time of the global meltdown, the ‘Russian winter’ was hugely anticipated but never accurately predicted. Equally, the revolutionary events of 2011-12, just like those of …
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Issue 6 of Digital Icons explores the concept of transmediality as one of a series of common thematic strands, discusses new digital phenomena and launches a new creative and analytical …
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Digital Stages: Exploring Technology in Performing Arts festival was organised by Glaz, a London-based art and film company that promotes innovative ways of exhibiting film and organizes experimental art festivals. …
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The apex of media separation curiously coincided with the Cold War, a period when clear boundaries were established not only between ideological spaces but also between media …
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This special issue of Digital Icons was guest-edited by Adi Kuntsman (University of Manchester). On 22 November 2010, she came to the University of Leeds to launch …
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In an exclusive interview with the editor of Digital Icons, Professor Stephen Coleman discusses evolving forms of citizen participation. He examines e-deliberation as an emerging body of research, technological tools, …
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The third issue of Digital Icons explores the practice of e-participation and e-governance in post-Soviet, post-communist countries, focusing on three main geographical areas, Central Europe (Slovakia), Russia, and Central Asia. …
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This section contains interviews, comments, and reviews of books, digital films and animation, computer games, and relevant cultural and academic events, as well as any other forms of discussion of …
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The Editorial contains an overview of the issue, the contributors’ biographies and abstracts of the submissions.

The issue was prepared by Vlad Strukov, Ellen Rutten, Robert Saunders and …
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