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Publication Date: 2014
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Youth Protests against Education Privatization Reforms in Post-Soviet States
Silova, Iveta; Brezheniuk, Viktoriia; Kudasova, Marina; Mun, Olga; Artemev, Nikolai
European Education, v46 n3 p75-99 2014
This article examines youth protests against education privatization in the post-Soviet countries of Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine. Drawing on a sample of online sources and scholarly articles, this study uses critical discourse analysis and visual methodologies to examine why and how post-Soviet university students have organized to protest against education privatization reforms. The study also critically analyzes visual and discursive representations of youth protests by government officials, mass media, and academia in the post-Soviet education space. The study reveals that while student protesters are deeply concerned about the future of public education, the messages (and images) generated by youth protesters are reappropriated in various ways by mass media, often beyond the control of protesters themselves.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Students, Activism, Educational Change, Resistance to Change, Privatization, Discourse Analysis, Video Technology, Web Sites, Student Attitudes, Futures (of Society), Public Education, Mass Media, Data Analysis, Commercialization, Neoliberalism, Educational Policy, News Reporting
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Latvia; Russia; Ukraine
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