Russian social media influence understanding Russian propaganda in Eastern Europe / Todd C. Helmus [and 7 others].
| Author/creator | Helmus, Todd C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2018] |
| Description | xviii, 130 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division. |
| Other author/creator | National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) |
| Other author/creator | International Security and Defense Policy Center. |
| Other author/creator | Rand Corporation. |
| Other author/creator | United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. |
| Portion of title | Understanding Russian propaganda in Eastern Europe |
| Series | Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-2237-OSD Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-2237-OSD. ^A1368548 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Russian Propaganda on Social Media -- Pro- and Anti-Russia Propaganda Communities on Twitter -- Resonance Analysis of Pro-Russia Activists -- Key Challenges to Responding to the Russian Information Threat -- Recommendations |
| Abstract | "A RAND Corporation study examined Russian-language content on social media and the broader propaganda threat posed to the region of former Soviet states that include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and, to a lesser extent, Moldova and Belarus. In addition to employing a state-funded multilingual television network, operating various Kremlin-supporting news websites, and working through several constellations of Russia-backed "civil society" organizations, Russia employs a sophisticated social media campaign that includes news tweets, nonattributed comments on web pages, troll and bot social media accounts, and fake hashtag and Twitter campaigns. Nowhere is this threat more tangible than in Ukraine, which has been an active propaganda battleground since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. Other countries in the region look at Russia's actions and annexation of Crimea and recognize the need to pay careful attention to Russia's propaganda campaign. To conduct this study, RAND researchers employed a mixed-methods approach that used careful quantitative analysis of social media data to understand the scope of Russian social media campaigns combined with interviews with regional experts and U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization security experts to understand the critical ingredients to countering this campaign."--Publisher's description. |
| General note | "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--Title page. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-130). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Available online December 10, 2018: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2237.html |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018303425 |
| ISBN | 0833099574 |
| ISBN | 9780833099570 |
| Technical rpt number | RR-2237-OSD |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |