Project Blog

Maria Zhukova argues that the case study of disinformation around HIV-AIDS in the Soviet Union and the two Germanies in the 1980s offers integral analysis to how we visualise and analyse disinformation today.

In this report, we assess the extent, purpose, and impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies in the context of the EU2024 elections.

In the final part of his blog, Alexei Titkov builds upon his interrogation of studying Russian audiences' reactions to the 2014 Odesa Fire by using different media representations to challenge how shared knowledge is constructed in the Russian media environment.

In Part One of this blog, Aleksei Titkov interrogates the propogandistic afterlives of the 2014 Odesa Fire, and the different tendencies Russian grassroots audiences use to respond to its invocations.

Sabrina's blog examines how citizens interact with official/un-official Russia-Ukraine war narratives in non-state media platforms, through the interactivity of amateur videos.

In this blog, Stephen Hutchings introduces some of the key ideas of his new open access article in the journal Cultural Studies.

The second part of a two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.

The first part of Vitaly Kazakov's two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.

Maksim Markelov wins the third prize with the poster 'How do State Trolls Manipulate Online Discourse?'

Stephen Hutchings and Vera Tolz discuss our project in this video interview with Digital Futures network at the University of Manchester.

In her blog, Natalie-Anne Hall discusses the engagement of the pro-Brexit Facebook users with transnational right-wing populist discourses. The essay is based on Dr. Hall's recently published book 'Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism' (Lexington Books, 2023).

This blog gives a handy overview of our project. It is published on 'The Russia Program' website at George Washington University and is available at: https://therussiaprogram.org/page37253323.html