A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Activist Journalists and Postsocialist Politics Through the Lens of the Armenian Velvet Revolution
Authors: Korhonen Juho, Rodina Elena
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Europe-Asia Studies
Journal name in source: EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES
Journal acronym: EUROPE-ASIA STUD
Number of pages: 22
ISSN: 0966-8136
eISSN: 1465-3427
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2228520
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2023.2228520
Abstract
This article draws on a cross-disciplinary framework to analyse the 2018 'Velvet Revolution' in Armenia and its success in implementing regime change through grassroots resistance. Utilising interview data, we suggest that the success of the Armenian revolution-that is, the relative postrevolutionary democratisation-can be partially explained by the combination of the global trend towards the digitisation of political discourse with the active political role played by the local 'activist journalists' within the context of a postsocialist state.
This article draws on a cross-disciplinary framework to analyse the 2018 'Velvet Revolution' in Armenia and its success in implementing regime change through grassroots resistance. Utilising interview data, we suggest that the success of the Armenian revolution-that is, the relative postrevolutionary democratisation-can be partially explained by the combination of the global trend towards the digitisation of political discourse with the active political role played by the local 'activist journalists' within the context of a postsocialist state.
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