Анотація
Метою дослідження було вивчення емігрантських медіа як документальної та комунікаційної системи, за допомогою якої інформація про політичний вплив фіксується, зберігається, перевіряється, передається та повторно циркулює через національні кордони. У дослідженні поєднано джерелознавчий документальний аналіз, архівну реконструкцію, перевірку цифрових джерел і якісний контент-аналіз емігрантської періодики, публікацій Azattyk/Azattyq, міжнародних резолюцій, звітів правозахисних організацій, правових документів і статистичних матеріалів, що стосуються Казахстану та Киргизстану. Особливу увагу приділено методам документування емігрантського контенту, зокрема фіксації свідчень, метаданих публікацій, скриншотів і вебархівів, кросплатформному збереженню цифрових слідів, а також зіставленню медійних повідомлень з офіційними заявами та інституційними реакціями. Установлено, що емігрантські медіа функціонують не лише як політичні актори, а передусім як транснаціональна документальна інфраструктура: вони накопичують альтернативні докази, зберігають контрнаративи та передають їх через міжнародні, транснаціональні й внутрішньодержавні комунікаційні контури. У дослідженні проаналізовано наративне фреймування, мультиплатформне поширення та хвильове документування як самостійні комунікаційні стратегії, а не лише як допоміжні інструменти досягнення політичних результатів. Результати показують, що реакції еліт формувалися за диференційованими моделями: адаптивний авторитаризм у Казахстані та репресивний опір у Киргизстані. Практичне значення дослідження полягає в його застосуванні в архівній роботі, зокрема для опису, збереження, перевірки та забезпечення довготривалого доступу до колекцій емігрантських медіа й цифрових доказів, створених в умовах політичного тиску
Ключові слова
емігрантська журналістика; діаспорні медіаплатформи; документальна комунікація; перевірка джерел; цифрове збереження
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