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Russia, Disinformation, and the Liberal Order: RT as Populist Pariah

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https://doi.org/10.7298/aqjd-8p07
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/116702
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Author
Hutchings, Stephen
Tolz, Vera
Chatterje-Doody, Precious
Crilley, Rhys
Gillespie, Marie
Abstract

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 authoritarian states and grassroots populist movements, the book reveals the interlinked nature of today's global media-politics pathologies. Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz, Precious Chatterje-Doody, Rhys Crilley, and Marie Gillespie provide a systematic investigation into RT's history, institutional culture, and journalistic ethos; its activities across multiple languages and media platforms; its audience-targeting strategies and audiences' engagements with it; and its response to the war in Ukraine and associated bans on the network. The authors' analysis challenges commonplace notions of disinformation as something that Russia brings to the West, where passive publics are duped by the Kremlin's communications machine, and reveals the reciprocal processes through which Russia and disinformation infiltrate and challenge the liberal order. Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order provides provocative insights into the nature and extent of the challenge that Russia's propaganda operation poses to the West. The authors contend that the challenge will be met only if liberals reflect on liberalism's own internal tensions and blind spots and defend the values of open-minded impartiality.

Date Issued
2024-09-15
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Cornell University Press
Keywords
Propaganda
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Russian Media
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Journalistic Ethics
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9781501777639 (print hardcover)
9781501777646 (epub)
9781501777653 (PDF ebook)
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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