Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order: RT as Populist Pariah
New open access book on disinformation and liberal democracy 'Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order: RT as Populist Pariah' by Stephen Hutchings, Vera Tolz, Precious Chatterje-Doody, Rhys Crilley and Marie Gillespie is out in October 2024. It is based on first full analysis of RT, the Kremlin’s primary foreign propaganda tool.
Russia, Disinformation and the Liberal Order
- interrogates and critiques commonplace notions of disinformation
- investigates the threat it poses to democracy via first systematic analysis of RT, the Kremlin’s primary foreign propaganda tool
- illuminates wider communications strategies pursued by authoritarian states and grassroots populist movements
- reveals the interlinked nature of global media-politics pathologies
- argues that the challenge they pose requires reflection on liberalism's own blind spots, and a vigorous defence of open-minded impartiality
The book provides insights into RT's
- institutional culture, and journalistic ethos
- activities across multiple languages and media platforms
- audience-targeting strategies and audience engagement
- stance on Ukraine war and on Western responses to it
- reflexive relationship with pariah status reinforced by those responses
Download the book for free at Project Muse: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/123417
For the print version of the book, use the promo code 09BCARD at the publisher's website to get a 30% discount: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777639/russia-disinformation-and-the-liberal-order/#bookTabs=3