New Media and Political Participation in Russia and Kazakhstan: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Young People in Eurasia - Hardcover

by Yerkebulan Sairambay (Author)

Drawing from an extensive database and a cross-national comparative approach, this book examines the ways and reasons why new media promotes political participation among young people in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author develops theoretical models that better explain how new-media use translates into political participation.

Author Biography

Yerkebulan Sairambay is currently a senior research fellow and assistant professor at Suleyman Demirel University (Kaskelen, Kazakhstan). He was previously a research associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.