Patriotism and identity: search queries for monitoring Russian-language social networks

Authors

  • Julia V. Balakina HSE University Nizhny Novgorod
  • Maria V. Grigoreva National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • Ekaterina N. Sokolova National Research University Higher School of Economics

Keywords:

patriotism, civic identity, social media, search query, patriotic content, language model

Abstract

The methodology for developing search queries to monitor and extract content related to civic identity and patriotism from social media platforms is based on thematic concept dominants identified through a meta-analysis of discourse markers, semantic structure of concepts, and the theory of semantic roles incorporating syntactic models.

About authors

Julia V. Balakina

HSE University Nizhny Novgorod

Department of Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Professor

PhD in philology, associate professor

Maria V. Grigoreva

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Faculty of Creative Industries
School of Communication
Senior Lecturer

Ekaterina N. Sokolova

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Faculty of Creative Industries
School of Communication
Project and Educational Laboratory of Political Communications
Head of the Laboratory

PhD in Political Science

Информационное общество, 2026, выпуск 5

Published

31.10.2026

How to Cite

Balakina, J. V., Grigoreva, M. V., & Sokolova, E. N. (2026). Patriotism and identity: search queries for monitoring Russian-language social networks. Information Society, (5), 134-144. Retrieved from http://infosoc.iis.ru/article/view/1487

Issue

No. 5 (2026): Rules of digital life: between convenience, control, and freedom

Section

Information society and mass media

Copyright (c) 2026 Юлия Владимировна Балакина, Мария Владимировна Григорьева, Екатерина Никитична Соколова

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