Media

The Informational Dictator’s Dilemma: Citizen Responses to Media Censorship and Control in Russia and Belarus

In Russia and throughout much of the post-Soviet space, media are now less free than at any point since the end of the Soviet Union. Authoritarian regimes across the region…

View

Podcast: News Media in Russia and China with Repnikova and Trudolyubov

In this week’s episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University) and Maxim Trudolyubov (Meduza) to learn more about the state of news…

View

Russian Media Influence in Central Asia: Easy to Imagine, Difficult to Find

(NYU Jordan Center) U.S. observers and policymakers have often seen Russian-origin media as responsible for influencing the opinions and worldviews of Russia’s post-Soviet neighbors. However, our analysis of surveys in Central…

View

The Media Job Market in Russia: Political and Technological Challenges

(Point & Counterpoint | By Gleb Cherkasov) On May 20, 2019, the entire political desk of the Kommersant publishing house, including myself (deputy chief editor) and special correspondent Anna Pushkarskaya, announced that we had…

View

Opinion-Formation and Issue-Framing Effects of Russian News in Kyrgyzstan

(ISQ) (By Hannah Chapman and Theodore Gerber) Abstract: Powerful countries use foreign media broadcasts to enhance their soft power, yet there is scant empirical evidence as to whether such efforts actually sway public opinion…

View

In The Bud – A global system of digital certificates is “wrongheaded”

(Moscow-on-Thames) People trying to sound smart about Russian strategy like to use funny words, like zugzwang (what happens in chess when you’re obliged to make a move that will inevitably hasten your own…

View

Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 1 (April 28)

PONARS Eurasia held a two-day workshop on April 28-29 on the theme of “Rethinking Russian Media Strategy and Influence.” Below are the panels and abstracts from April 28. Click here for…

View

Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 2 (April 29)

PONARS Eurasia held a two-day workshop on April 28-29 on the theme of “Rethinking Russian Media Strategy and Influence.” Below are the panels and abstracts from April 29. Click here…

View

Orttung: Russia uses our technologies and values against us to sow doubt

(Washington Post) The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing…

View

Here are options for responding to Russia’s media strategy

(WP) As the world’s attention again turns to whether the U.S. and Russia can cooperate, this time in Syria, it is important to be aware of the different impediments that stand in…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

RECOMMENDED

The Impacts of Host- and Home-Country Political Environments on Russian Activists Abroad

Can Russians Learn to Recognize Propaganda? Understanding of Media Bias Amid the Ukraine War

The 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan: Another Russian Attempt to Regain Diplomatic Status

Despite Everything: How and Why Russia Remains an Actor in the Horn of Africa

Resilience Strained: How Civil-Military Relations Are Shaping Russia’s War Effort

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

The Informational Dictator’s Dilemma: Citizen Responses to Media Censorship and Control in Russia and Belarus

Podcast: News Media in Russia and China with Repnikova and Trudolyubov

Russian Media Influence in Central Asia: Easy to Imagine, Difficult to Find

The Media Job Market in Russia: Political and Technological Challenges

Opinion-Formation and Issue-Framing Effects of Russian News in Kyrgyzstan

In The Bud – A global system of digital certificates is “wrongheaded”

Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 1 (April 28)

Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 2 (April 29)

Orttung: Russia uses our technologies and values against us to sow doubt

Here are options for responding to Russia’s media strategy