Publications and Presentation

Articles

  • Kogel, M. J., & Zinnatullin, A. (2026). What drives affective polarization? A systematic literature review. European Political Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1682098326100642

  • Zinnatullin, A. (2026). Grievance forums in autocracies: Surrogates for protest or instruments of control? The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481261447631

  • Zinnatullin, A., & Barkela, B. (2026). News under pressure? Politicization of scientific expertise in German mainstream news during COVID-19. Political Research Exchange, 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2682400

  • Zinnatullin, A., Fock, L., & Barkela, B. (2026). Evidence in the service of dissent: Strategic communication of science by German corona-protest movements. Journal of Science Communication, 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.22323/225220251221034603

  • Zinnatullin, A. (2025). Authoritarian responsiveness online: Social media strategy of Russian regional governance centers. Policy Studies, 46 (5), 653–675. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2024.2376082

  • Zinnatullin, A. (2023). Political discussions in online oppositional communities in the non-democratic context. Computational Communication Research, 5 (1). https://doi.org/10.5117/CCR2023.1.7.ZINN

  • Zinnatullin, A. (2023). Navalny’s direct-casting: Affective attunement and polarization in the online community of the most vocal Russian opposition politician. First Monday, 28 (10). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i10.12882

  • Marchesi, A., Zinnatullin, A., & Nanni, R. (2022). #iononmiinginocchio: Sports politicisation in the Italian Twitter space. Text data analysis of the Italian public opinion. Comunicazione Politica, 23 (2), 185-206. https://doi.org/10.3270/104848

Data and research resources

Selected conference presentations

2026

  • Zinnatullin, A., & Valeriani, A. How Polarisation Content Circulates in Italian Media: Evidence from Print and Online Editions, 8th Annual COMPTEXT Conference, University of Birmingham.

  • Data Quality Workshop in Munich

2025

  • SICSS-Saarbrücken

  • Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., & Maier, M. “Conflict and Uncertainty as Drivers of Politicization of Socio-Scientific Issues: Media Dynamics During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, ECPR General Conference 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 26 August 2025.

  • Zinnatullin, A. Quiet Resistance? Grievance Forums as Surrogates for Suppressed Public Protest in Autocracies, ECPR General Conference 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 26 August 2025.

  • Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., & Maier, M. News under pressure? Politicization of German mainstream media in times of crisis and uncertainty. 7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference, University of Vienna.

  • Zinnatullin, A. Voices and responses: A large-scale text classification of citizens’ complaints under authoritarian regime. 7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference, University of Vienna.

2024

  • Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., Fock, L., & Maier, M. From skepticism to motivated reasoning: How do corona protesters strategically use scientific uncertainty? ECPR General Conference, Dublin.

  • Zinnatullin, A., Barkela, B., & Maier, M. Communication in crisis and uncertainty: When and to what extent do mainstream media become politicized? CPSS / KONVENS.

  • Zinnatullin, A. Dissecting disagreements in Russian pro-war Telegram channels. 6th Annual COMPTEXT Conference, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

  • Zinnatullin, A. Struggling for the narrative: Digital media and affective polarization in the non-democratic context. I-POLHYS, Bologna.

2023

  • ECPR General Conference in Prague, IC2S2 in Copenhagen, ICA regional conference in Helsinki.

Public engagement

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