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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Sputnik (Russian State News Portal & Radio Broadcast Service)
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Media Use: Foreign / International Media
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Government Propaganda
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Public Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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China Global Television Network, CGTN (formerly China Central Television, CCTV)
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Election Campaigns
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Bollywood
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Nollywood
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Foreign Government Communication Interventions
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Enemy Images
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Computational Content Analysis
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Facebook
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Entertainment and Media / Communication
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Soap Operas & Telenovelas
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Indigenous Communication
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International Communication
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China: Transnational Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Foreign Television Programmes
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Image Abroad
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Transnational Television, International Television
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Transnational Television Co-Productions, International Television Co-Productions
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Persuasive Communication
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Al-Jazeera
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HispanTV (Iranian International Broadcaster)
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TeleSur (Television Channel)
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Russian Media in the Balkans and their Role in the Aggression against Ukraine. Case Study: RT Balkan
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (2024), 37 pp.
"The study presented here [...] is not limited to generalised theses and descriptions of the Balkan media scene under Russian influence that only scratch the surface. Rather, the focus is on documenting the effectiveness of Russian state media in the region with a focus on Serbia, which also has an
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‘Keeping an Eye on the Other Side’: RT, Sputnik, and Their Peculiar Appeal in Democratic Societies
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 4 (2024), pp. 1109-1133
"The reach of illiberal international propaganda outlets rests on citizens in democratic countries as recipients and potential disseminators. However, little research has scrutinised the audiences for such platforms. Why do audiences in democratic states consume content from such outlets, and how fa
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Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order: RT as Populist Pariah
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (2024), 342 pp.
"Through the prism of the first comprehensive account of RT, the Kremlin's primary tool of foreign propaganda, Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order sheds new light on the provenance and nature of disinformation's threat to democracy. Interrogating the communications strategies pursued by aut
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The paperboys of Russian messaging: RT/Sputnik audiences as vehicles for malign information influence
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 9 (2023), pp. 1849-1867
"This article examines the reception and dissemination of ‘malign information influence’ (MII) in a liberal democracy; information sponsored by authoritarian regimes or other hostile actors and projected through international broadcasting outlets across borders. The study contributes to the scar
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Soft power, sharp power? Exploring RT’s dual role in Russia’s diplomatic toolkit
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 16 (2023), pp. 3292-3317
"This article examines the multilingual audiences of Russian outlet RT on Facebook. RT is a state media outlet known for spreading strategic Kremlin narratives and disinformation in support of Russia’s domestic and foreign policy objectives to large and multilingual global audiences. RT serves as
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Understanding RT’s Audiences: Exposure Not Endorsement for Twitter Followers of Russian State-Sponsored Media
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 27, issue 1 (2022), pp. 220-242
"The Russian state-funded international broadcaster RT (formerly Russia Today) has attracted much attention as a purveyor of Russian propaganda. To date, most studies of RT have focused on its broadcast, website, and social media content, with little research on its audiences. Through a data-driven
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Counter-Hegemonic Collaborations or Alliances of the Underdogs? The Case of TeleSUR with Al-Mayadeen, RT and CGTN
Global Media and Communication, volume 18, issue 3 (2022), pp. 365-382
"This study explores how news channels from the Global South challenge western narratives by co-producing TV programmes. It focuses on Telesur (Venezuela) and its collaborations with RT (Russia), Al-Mayadeen (Lebanon) and CCTV/CGTN (China). By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, this pap
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Russische Medien in Deutschland. Die Bundestagswahlen 2021 – Zwischen Einflussnahme und Desinformation
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (2022), 29 pp.
"Während in Russland immer mehr unabhängige Medien der staatlichen Kontrolle unterworfen und als „ausländische Agenten“ gebrandmarkt werden, nutzen die russischen Staatsmedien die Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit in Deutschland, um ungehindert Desinformation zu verbreiten. Nach acht Jahren Berich
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International Broadcasters and Country Image Management: Comparing Audience Perceptions of China, Russia and Iran in Latin America
Global Media and China, volume 6, issue 1 (2021), pp. 100-115
"This article focuses on international news channels in the Global South and the perceptions by audiences in Latin America. Designed with the intention of re-shaping global narratives, international broadcasting is considered instrumental to public diplomacy and improving the image of particular cou
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The Sputnik V vaccine: An international success for Russia? An analysis of the way Russian state-owned media RT and Sputnik/SNA present information and use methods of disinformation in the examples of Germany, France, Great Britain, Serbia, Slovakia and Kazakhstan
Berlin: The Greens-EFA in the European Parliament (2021), 41 pp.
"This analysis examines the methods of disinformation being used to prove Russia's scientific lead, while portraying Western compet-itors in a very negative light. Sputnik V is an instrument of "soft power" through which Russia is trying to gain influence worldwide. In order to evaluate how successf
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Schöne Grüße aus Moskau
Medium Magazin, issue 5 (2021), pp. 32-35
"Keine TV-Lizenz, kein Youtube-Kanal: Wie der russische Staatssender RT DE trotzdem versucht, in Deutschland weiter Fuß zu fassen. Ein Redaktionsbesuch in Berlin." (Seite 33)
Whose Fingerprint Does the News Show? Developing Machine Learning Classifiers for Automatically Identifying Russian State-Funded News in Serbia
International Journal of Communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 4428-4452
"Democratic nations around the globe are facing increasing levels of false and misleading information circulating on social media and news websites, propagating alternative sociopolitical realities. One of the most innovative actors in this process has been the Russian state, whose disinformation ca
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“Anything That Causes Chaos”: The Organizational Behavior of Russia Today (RT)
Journal of Communication, volume 70, issue 5 (2020), pp. 623-645
"RT (formerly, Russia Today) is one of the most important organizations in the global political economy of disinformation. It is the most richly funded, well-staffed, formal organization in the world producing, disseminating, and marketing news in the service of the Kremlin. It is an agency accused
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Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases
Newark: Wiley (2019), ix, 246 pp.
"Transnational Media: Concepts and Cases provides a clear and engaging overview of media communication from a global and a region-based perspective. Rather than focusing on just complex theories and industry-specific analyses, this unique book offers an inclusive, comparative approach to both journa
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Russia's Arabic Propaganda: What it is, Why it Matters
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2018), 17 pp.
"The Middle East media landscape provides Russian state with unique opportunities. A region with strong state-controlled media, weak independent outlets, and a burgeoning reliance on social media—along with a historical suspicion of Western news sources—has created useful openings that the Kreml
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Winning the Information War: Techniques and Counter-Strategies to Russian Propaganda in Central and Eastern Europe
Washington, DC: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (2016), 64 pp.
"Currently, no dedicated agency or systematic effort analyzes the effect of Russian (or any other) disinformation. Who really watches Russia Today? Where? For how long? And why? Nor do we have the means to systematically track the content: How does the Kremlin’s message in Germany differ from the
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The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture, and Money
New York: Institute of Modern Russia; The Interpreter (2014), 44 pp.
"The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods. The Kremlin is increasing its “information war
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"Do You Really Think Russia Should Pay Up for That?" How the Russia-Based TV Channel RT Constructs Russian-Baltic Relations
Javnost: The Public, volume 18, issue 4 (2011), pp. 89-106
"Mediated public diplomacy plays an important role in achieving foreign policy objectives by trying to influence public opinion in other countries. The Russia-based global TV channel RT serves as a central tool of Russian mediated public diplomacy. Its objective is not only to present the Russian pe
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