Russian-speaking community on Lithuanian social networks: self-identification and mental stereotypes about past

This presentation reveals the problem of a Russian-speaking community on the Lithuanian segment of Facebook and Vkontakte. This issue is regarded through the prism of users’ purposes, ideas, and attitudes to Lithuania, processes in the country, events and memory work. This presentation reports on research conducted as part of "Connective digital memory in borderlands: a mixed-methods study of cultural identity, heritage communication and digital curation on social networks". The Connective project is funded by the European Social Fund under grant agreement 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-17-0027 with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT)