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Research interests

Through my work, I aim to spotlight people, places, and cases that are underrepresented, misrepresented, or simply ignored in academia.

I am an assistant professor at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

I teach in the Media Studies BA programme and research social media in the context of Russia and Central Asia.

I enjoy riding my bike with my son in the baby seat, cooking for family and friends, playing with paint, and exploring new places.

If you would like to collaborate or find out more about my research, please email me or visit my personal website at https://www.plovism.com/

Publications

Digital Media, Denunciation and Shaming: The Court of Public Opinion

Forum: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: What Did We Miss?

Rural media studies: making the case for a new subfield

"I Saw It on the Internet!" COVID-19 Narratives across Online Milieux of Uzbek Labour Migrants in Russia

Covidiots as Global Acceleration of Local Surveillance Practices

Media Control and Citizen-Critical Publics in Russia: Are Some “Pigs” More Equal Than Others?

Between ‘filter bubbles’ and community leaders: An exploratory study of Facebook groups for Russophones/Russians in the Netherlands

(Con)trolling the Web: Social Media User Arrests, State-Supported Vigilantism and Citizen Counter-Forces in Russia

Heroes or Hooligans? Media Portrayal of StopXam (Stop a Douchebag) Vigilantes in Russia

Introducing Vigilant Audiences

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Press/media

Weaponization of Social Media with Dr Rashid Gabdulhakov

‘Back in the USSR? The state of (social) media in Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine’

Putin banned Facebook and Instagram, what are the social media that Russians are currently using?

As Russia bans Facebook and Instagram, what alternatives will Russian social media users turn to?

"Veel lijkt in scène gezet en komt van bovenaf": Wat zegt het Z-symbool over steun aan Poetin?

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