1st Edition
RussiaGate and Propaganda Disinformation in the Age of Social Media
By Oliver Boyd-Barrett
Copyright 2020
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book furthers our understanding of the practice of propaganda with a specific focus on the RussiaGate case. RussiaGate is a discourse about alleged Russian "meddling" in US elections, and this book argues that it functions as disinformation or distraction. The book provides a framework for better understanding of ongoing developments of RussiaGate, linking these to macroconsiderations that... Read more
Introduction: Perceptions of western mainstream media
1. Trump’s campaign, the "Steele" dossier and the Intelligence Community Assessment
2. "Election meddling" and the health of US democracy
3. "Bots" and "Trolls"
4. Cambridge Analytica and Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL)
5. Implications for social media
6. Fake news and Intelligence: Enter "spooks"
7. Fake news and Intelligence: Hacks and Hackers
8. RussiaGate and the Russian "threat"
Biography
Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University and California State Polytechnic University, USA.
