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Foreign Disinformation, Foreign Information Manipulation Operations, Foreign Propaganda
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Information Warfare, Psychological Warfare
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Authoritarian Regimes: Government Communication Strategies
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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"Many fear that social media enable more potent influence operations than traditional mass media. This belief is widely shared yet rarely tested. We challenge this emerging wisdom by comparing social media and television as vectors for influence operations targeting Ukraine. This article develops a ... more

Why Conspirational Propaganda Works and What We Can Do About It: Audience Vulnerability and Resistance to Anti-Western, Pro-Kremlin Disinformation in Ukraine

London School of Economics and Political Science;Internews Ukraine;Cardiff University, Crime and Security Research Institute (2021), 45 pp.
"The most effective propaganda resonates with audiences’ underlying worldviews and personal experiences. In order to fight it, one has to understand the mindsets that it preys on. This paper sets out to do exactly that. We first track a set of Kremlin-aligned propaganda narratives across Ukrainian ... more

Das ist keine Propaganda: Wie unsere Wirklichkeit zertrümmert wird

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2020), 295 pp.
"Auf der ganzen Welt nutzen unterschiedlichste Akteure die Wirkungsmechanismen der digitalen Medien aus, um durch gezielte Desinformationskampagnen die öffentliche Meinung zu beeinflussen. Dies, so lautet die zentrale These von Peter ... more

From Distrust to Solidarity: How Can We Inform People About Coronavirus? Recommendations

Lviv; London: Public Interest Journalism Lab;Lviv Media Forum;London School of Economics and Political Science (2020), 17 pp.
"The audience has clear requests concerning the presentation of information and the range of themes. In our opinion the following observations are most important: There is a need to separate useful information in the media from “information noise”, as the latter can raise anxiety. Trust is felt ... more
"What were Soviet influence and disinformation campaigns? What did the West do about them? This study answers these questions, explaining the Cold War strategies followed by the USSR, as well as the Western response. Eleven case studies follow, each one examining a counter-disinformation tactic in d ... more
"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 ... more