Maksim Markelov's article on the Kremlin's "troll factory", based on years of diligent research, provides a fascinating insight into how classic propaganda techniques have been reimagined for the social media age.
What's fantastic to learn is that Maksim's article was the Conversation's most commented and most read article for the month of October, with over 31,000 reads and 29 comments.
You can read it here: https://theconversation.com/i-investigated-millions-of-tweets-from-the-kremlins-troll-factory-and-discovered-classic-propaganda-techniques-reimagined-for-the-social-media-age-237712