This study investigates how social media data can be used to study shifts in identity,
focusing on Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war. We analyze VK users' reported …

The use of language is innately political, often a vehicle of cultural identity and the basis for
nation building. Here, we examine language choice and tweeting activity of Ukrainian …

In the last decade, online social media has become the primary platform for protesters to
organize and express their agenda in various parts of the world. Despite the topic of protests …

The use of language is innately political and often a vehicle of cultural identity as well as the
basis for nation building. Here, we examine language choice and tweeting activity of …

Abstract On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine which
since then has been consistently referred to by the Russian authorities as a special …

After Kremlin policymakers decided to incorporate the territory of Crimea into Russia,
updates on public attitudes in Russian-speaking communities elsewhere in Ukraine would …

The war in Ukraine seems to have positively changed the attitude toward the critical societal
topic of migration in Europe–at least towards refugees from Ukraine. We investigate whether …

Identity Activism is a new phenomenon afforded by the massive popularity of social media. It
consists of the prominent display of a social movement symbol within a space reserved for …

The ability of social media to rapidly disseminate judgements on ethnicity and to influence
offline ethnic relations creates demand for the methods of automatic monitoring of ethnicity …

The article demonstrates an impressive shift from Russian to Ukrainian in war-time Ukraine. I
rely on nationwide survey data from before and after February 2022 to analyze the scale and …