ABSTRACT Inspired by Couldry’s conceptualisation of media-related practices, the authors investigate the ways Baltic Russian-speakers manage their digital information-seeking (sources of news) practices and interaction (communication partners). Amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the ensuing tensions between Russia and the West, we consider how these digital practices lead to ideological heterogeneity or homogeneity. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has put the transnational affiliations and practices of Baltic Russophones under pressure. This paper therefore asks how the polarised political environment and securitisation of the cross-border media practices of Baltic Russian-speakers by the national political elite has shaped how individuals respond by keeping channels open or screening content out. Based on a mixed-method study of the digital practices of Russian-speakers living in Estonia and Latvia, the authors argue that practices supporting digital homophily and digital heterophily are not mutually exclusive but appear in specific configurations. The avoidance of counter-oppositional views (screening out) is not absolute but rather mixed with practices that open channels from time to time.

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保持渠道畅通还是屏蔽？俄乌冲突期间波罗的海俄语人士的数字化实践

摘要 受 Canry 对媒体相关实践概念化的启发，作者调查了波罗的海俄语使用者管理他们的数字信息搜索（新闻来源）实践和互动（通信伙伴）的方式。在俄罗斯与乌克兰的冲突以及随之而来的俄罗斯与西方之间的紧张局势中，我们考虑这些数字实践如何导致意识形态的异质性或同质性。俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的冲突使波罗的海俄语国家的跨国从属关系和做法面临压力。因此，本文询问了国家政治精英对波罗的海俄语人士跨境媒体实践的两极分化的政治环境和证券化如何影响个人如何通过保持渠道开放或筛选内容来​​做出回应。基于对居住在爱沙尼亚和拉脱维亚的俄语人士的数字实践的混合方法研究，作者认为支持数字同质性和数字异质性的实践并不相互排斥，而是出现在特定的配置中。避免反对意见（屏蔽）不是绝对的，而是与不时打开渠道的做法混合在一起。