Election 2020: Russia Cares, China Doesn’t
Foreign influence: What America should worry about this year and next
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Election 2020: Russia Cares, China Doesn’t
A nation must think before it acts.
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Mail-in Ballots, Kremlin Media and the Threat to Election Integrity in 2020
FIE 2020 examines Russian state-sponsored media’s narratives about mail-in voting in the 2020 election.
China’s Narratives about U.S. Election Integrity in 2020
While China’s state-sponsored media outlet the Global Times appears to have little interest in supporting one candidate versus another in the 2020 election, its coverage instead seeks to criticize American democracy as a whole.
How Has State-Sponsored Media Used COVID-19 to Subvert Democracy and Capitalism?
FIE 2020 discusses anti-democracy and anti-capitalism narratives employed by foreign state-sponsored media in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State-Sponsored News Outlets and Narratives on U.S. Protests
FIE 2020 examines narratives and themes in state-sponsored media coverage of the protests in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd.
Chinese, Iranian and Russian State-Sponsored News: Which Stories Spread the Most?
Which Chinese, Iranian and Russian state-sponsored news stories and narratives spread the most across social media? FIE 2020 discusses the most popular stories from each country’s media outlets out of more than 15,500 catalogued state-sponsored articles about the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
State-Sponsored News Outlets Use American Themes to Denigrate the U.S. Amid COVID-19
FIE 2020 examines how state-sponsored outlets criticize American “myths” in coverage and attempt to denigrate the U.S. via COVID-19 coverage using these cultural myths.
Comparing the Social Media Reach of Chinese, Iranian and Russian State-Sponsored News Outlets
FIE 2020 examines and discusses social media presence of Chinese, Iranian and Russian state-sponsored news outlets.
Foreign State Media, COVID-19 and Portrayals of Global Leadership
FIE 2020 discusses narratives about global leadership and global order pushed by Russian, Iranian and Chinese media amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Russia, Iran and China on the U.S.-China Trade War
An examination of Russian, Iranian and Chinese state-sponsored coverage of the U.S.-China trade war, an illustrative example of narrative overlap between these three nations.