Crimea: Game Not Over
Five years into the annexation, Crimea is still not “ours,” still not a part of Russia. Insisting on that is to disinform, and repeating the slogan does not make it happen.
Propaganda and Disempowerment
Mass media are grouped along two major concepts: Media as a Forum or media as a Tribune. This is, of course, a theoretical model to describe two ideal types of relations between the media and its audience. The Forum is a peer-to-peer exchange of ideas; the Tribune – a top-down system to disseminate instructions.
Outside the Kremlin Comfort Zone
The Russian TV channel NTV could lose its UK license after criticism by the British broadcasting watchdog, Ofcom.
Figure of the Week: 10 Million
Pro-Kremlin media promote a grossly inflated figure, implying that Ukraine had lost almost a quarter of its population in just 5 years.
Eyewitness or Actor? To Gazprom TV, It’s All the Same
David vs. Goliath: Find out how independent journalists exposed disinformation on Russian TV.
An Unfounded Foundation
The Strategic Culture Foundation has all the features of a modern, state-of-the-art think-tank. An all-English site; tightly laid-out with a wide choice of articles on current affairs, focusing on World Politics and Security Issues.
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