Ethnic Minorities of Central and Eastern Europe in the Internet Space: A Computer-Assisted Content Analysis

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After the EU-accession of Eastern and Central European countries, the nations and ethnicities in this region face a re-definition of their cultural, social and political roles. Ethnic Minorities of Central and Eastern Europe in the Internet Space deals with the identity formation of twelve ethnic minorities in seven countries along the border of the European Union. Ethnicities in Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia as well as Belarus and Ukraine are considered. The project attempts a new methodological approach to the topic of ethnic identity through a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of the internet resources attributable to ethnic minorities. It consists of two larger parts: the methodology of data collection and the results of data analysis. The data bank of the internet resources provides an overview of the empirical basis of the study. Cover Preface Table of Contents Index of Tables Index of Figures Introduction 1. Research subject 2. Internet as resource of social research 3. Concept Part I: Methodology 1. Internet data collection 1.1. Search strategies 1.2. Selection of the websites 1.3. Selection of the text fragments – two steps. 2. Internet data analysis 2.1. Simstat categories 2.2. Wordstat categories Part II: Research results 1. Properties of the net landscape: results of simstat analysis 2. Definition of identity: results of wordstat analysis 2.1. National consciousness and mother nation 2.2. Cultural attributes of identity 2.3. Ethnic rights and relation to the host country 2.4. Nationalism and ethnic conflicts 2.5. Civil Society 2.6. The European perspective. 2.7. Cluster and correspondence analysis Conclusions Part III: Profiles of Minorities41 1. Russians in Latvia 2. Russians in Lithuania 3. Hungarians in Slovakia 4. Belarusians in Lithuania 5. Belarusians in Poland 6. Ukrainians in Poland 7. Hungarians in Ukraine 8. Poles in Ukraine 9. Poles in Lithuania 10. Poles in Belarus 11. Slovaks in Hungary 12. Ukrainians in Hungary Literature Annex: Data bank of internet resources