RussiaGate and Propaganda - Disinformation in the Age of Social Media

This book furthers our understanding of the practice of propaganda with a specific focus on the RussiaGate case.

List of contents

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"

About the author

Oliver Boyd-Barrett is Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University and California State Polytechnic University, USA.

Summary

This book furthers our understanding of the practice of propaganda with a specific focus on the RussiaGate case.

Product details

• Authors: Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Boyd-Barrett Oliver
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032930428
• ISBN: 978-1-032-93042-8
• No. of pages: 146
• Weight: 200 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; USA, Propaganda, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Media Studies, Russia, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, International Relations, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Elections & referenda, Political control and freedoms, Elections and referenda / suffrage, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet