Information politics and propaganda in authoritarian societies

B Rosenfeld, J Wallace - Annual Review of Political Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
What role does propaganda play in the information politics of authoritarian societies, and
what is its relationship to censorship? What have we learned from rival accounts in recent …

Spin dictators: The changing face of tyranny in the 21st century

D Treisman, S Guriev - 2023 - torrossa.com
Early in the twenty-first century, global politics hit a major milestone. For the first time, the
number of democracies in the world surged past the tally of authoritarian states. As this …

The echo chamber effect on social media

M Cinelli, G De Francisci Morales, A Galeazzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Social media may limit the exposure to diverse perspectives and favor the formation of
groups of like-minded users framing and reinforcing a shared narrative, that is, echo …

Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

D Geissler, D Bär, N Pröllochs, S Feuerriegel - EPJ Data Science, 2023 - epjds.epj.org
Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by practices
of information warfare, yet existing evidence is largely anecdotal while large-scale empirical …

Disinformation as a threat to deliberative democracy

S McKay, C Tenove - Political research quarterly, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
It is frequently claimed that online disinformation threatens democracy, and that
disinformation is more prevalent or harmful because social media platforms have disrupted …

Digital threats to democracy: Comparative lessons and possible remedies

ML Miller, C Vaccari - The International Journal of Press …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We introduce a special issue that collects eight articles, comprising research from twenty-
three countries and four continents on the sources, impact on citizens, and possible …

Putin, Putinism, and the domestic determinants of Russian foreign policy

M McFaul - International Security, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Why did Russia's relations with the West shift from cooperation a few decades ago to a new
era of confrontation today? Some explanations focus narrowly on changes in the balance of …

The paperboys of Russian messaging: RT/Sputnik audiences as vehicles for malign information influence

C Wagnsson - Information, communication & society, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the reception and dissemination of 'malign information influence'(MII)
in a liberal democracy; information sponsored by authoritarian regimes or other hostile …

Under Attack in the Cyber Battlefield: A Sco** Review of Journalists' Experiences of Cyberharassment

F Sammut, M Bezzina, J Scerri - Journalism and Safety, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This sco** review synthesises evidence on journalists' experiences of online harassment.
This review aims to (i) understand the prevalence and impact of cyberharassment among …