Kosovo, Ukraine, Russia: Social Media and Politics

Blogging Balkanistan writes ^[1] that Kosovo’s PM Hashim Thaci is planning to join Facebook and that “several leading opposition party candidates already have accounts.” Petro's Jotter explores the Ukrainian political Twitter-sphere, here ^[2] and here ^[3]. Siberian Light explains ^[4] how to connect with Twitter users interested in Russia. Window on Eurasia believes ^[5] that “the impact of the Internet and its various permutations, such as Facebook and Twitter, on the country is very much a matter of dispute”: “[…] the Internet tends to fragment populations by allowing individuals to get only information that reinforces their own ideas […].”