Digital Dictators - Media, Authoritarianism, and Americas New Challenge

An exploration of the weaponization of disinformation by repressive regimes and radical non-state actors, and its implications for U.S. foreign policy and America's standing in the world.

List of contents

Contents
I. INTRODUCTION: The Rise of Authoritarian Media, by Ilan Berman
II. Russia's Disinformation Offensive, by Donald N. Jensen
III. China Shapes the International Media Environment, by Peter Mattis and Samantha Hoffman
IV. The Islamist Takeover of Turkish Media, by Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu
V. Qatar's Soft Power Experiment, by Jonathan Schanzer and Varsha Koduvayur
VI. The World According to Tehran, by David Denehy
VII. The New Digital Guerillas: ISIS and After, by Haroon K. Ullah
VIII. The Challenge Facing U.S. International Media, by Robert Bole
IX. CONCLUSION: Responding to Authoritarian Media, by Ilan Berman
X. Contributors

About the author

By Ilan Berman

Product details

• Authors: Ilan Berman, Berman Ilan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781538119907
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-1990-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: American Foreign Policy Counci; American Foreign Policy Council; American Foreign Policy Council
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence