Security, Disinformation and Harmful Narratives: RT and Sputnik News Coverage about Sweden / by Maria Hellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellman, Maria.

Series:

The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication, 2945-6126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

International relations.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Political science.

International Security Studies.

International Relations.

Media Policy and Politics.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

International Security Studies.

International Relations.

Media Policy and Politics.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Summary:

It is a well-known fact both among scholars of propaganda and disinformation, and among political leaders that Sputnik and RT are using their news coverage for disinformation purposes to harm Western and European societies. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which enhanced the security threat by disinformation, the EU decided to ban these two media. Against this backdrop, the study asks what the disinformation about Sweden in Sputnik and RT looked like prior to the ban (It should be noted that both channels still publish news for a European audience by way of VPN and other pathways.) It is done by way of a narrative approach, which means that the analyses seek to trace what stories that were told and how. The study thus analyzes the narrative logic of propaganda and disinformation narratives promulgated by Russian state-sponsored media platforms Sputnik and RT, and aim to show how these media have sought to denigrate Sweden. This is an open access book. Maria Hellman is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University. Her research interests include global communication, global journalism, security studies and international relations. She has published her work in journals such as International Political Sociology, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, War and Conflict and New Media and Society.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Disinformation and propaganda

Chapter 3. Method and Material

Chapter 4. Sources and Frames

Chapter 5. The liberal left a threat to traditional Sweden

Chapter 6. Liberalistic Defiance during a Pandemic.

ISBN:

9783031587474