title: Zdunov Zdes: Telegram Channel of the Governor of Mordovia as a Media Tool
abstract: Mordovia is a small national republic with a low level of social conflicts. Mordovia has few regional mass media sources, which makes digital sources important for its residents. As a result, Governor Artyom A. Zdunov launched his own Telegram channel called Zdunov Zdes (i.e., Zdunov is here), which has become a valuable source of information and communication. The authors used the methods of qualitative and quantitative content analysis to study the posts published from 2022, when the channel w
journal: Virtual Communication and Social Networks