From Telegraph to Telegram
Digital Platforms in Russia and Ukraine
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Since 2014, over the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine, wartime digital public spheres have emerged in both countries, with citizens’ mobile phones as the interface. With the help of commercially operated digital platforms, they exchange information about the course of the war, as well as their own reactions and interpretations. In this way, they contribute to the emergence of a digital public sphere. The resulting archives are a potential target for state persecution. At the same time, they represent an important source for future research.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2025, pp. 421–432)