Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures: Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities

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Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures : Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities. / Kalinina, Ekaterina; Menke, Manuel.

In: International Journal of Media Cultural Politics, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2016, p. 59-74.

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Kalinina, E & Menke, M 2016, 'Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures: Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities', International Journal of Media Cultural Politics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.12.1.59_1

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Kalinina, E., & Menke, M. (2016). Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures: Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities. International Journal of Media Cultural Politics, 12(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.12.1.59_1

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Kalinina E, Menke M. Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures: Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities. International Journal of Media Cultural Politics. 2016;12(1):59-74. https://doi.org/10.1386/macp.12.1.59_1

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Kalinina, Ekaterina ; Menke, Manuel. / Negotiating the past in hyperconnected memory cultures : Post-Soviet nostalgia and national identity in Russian online communities. In: International Journal of Media Cultural Politics. 2016 ; Vol. 12, No. 1. pp. 59-74.

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