The paper examines ideological segregation among Ukrainian users in online environments, using as a case study partisan news communities on Vkontakte, the largest online platform in post-communist states. Its findings suggest that despite their insignificant numbers, partisan news communities attract substantial attention from Ukrainian users and can encourage the formation of isolated ideological cliques – or ‘echo chambers’ – that increase societal polarisation. The paper also investigates factors that predict users’ interest in partisan content and establishes that the region of residence is the key predictor of selective consumption of pro-Ukrainian or pro-Russian partisan news content.

本文以后共州最大的在线平台Vkontakte上的游击党新闻社区为案例，研究了在线环境中乌克兰用户之间的意识形态隔离。调查结果表明，尽管党派新闻社区的数量微不足道，但仍吸引了乌克兰用户的广泛关注，并可以鼓励形成孤立的意识形态集团或“回声室”，从而加剧社会两极分化。本文还研究了预测用户对党派内容兴趣的因素，并确定居住地区是选择性消费亲乌克兰或亲俄罗斯党派新闻内容的关键预测因素。