Project blog and news

In this report, we assess the extent, purpose, and impact of online Russia-sponsored news proxies in the context of the EU2024 elections.

In the final part of his blog, Alexei Titkov builds upon his interrogation of studying Russian audiences' reactions to the 2014 Odesa Fire by using different media representations to challenge how shared knowledge is constructed in the Russian media environment.

In Part One of this blog, Aleksei Titkov interrogates the propogandistic afterlives of the 2014 Odesa Fire, and the different tendencies Russian grassroots audiences use to respond to its invocations.

Sabrina's blog examines how citizens interact with official/un-official Russia-Ukraine war narratives in non-state media platforms, through the interactivity of amateur videos.

We are looking for a post-doctoral researcher to join our team and to work with our project's Co-I Professor Sabina Mihelj at Loughborough University.

In this blog, Stephen Hutchings introduces some of the key ideas of his new open access article in the journal Cultural Studies.

The second part of a two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.

The first part of Vitaly Kazakov's two-part blog post examining “sportswashing” as a form of disinformation, and reflecting on the role of audiences and the reception of “sportswashing” narratives.

Maksim Markelov wins the third prize with the poster 'How do State Trolls Manipulate Online Discourse?'