COVID-19: A Ripe Opportunity for the Kremlin’s Calamitous Messaging
FIE 2020 examines Russian state-sponsored media’s calamitous messaging and discusses how COVID-19 has provided a ripe opportunity for greater reception to these narratives.
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
COVID-19: A Ripe Opportunity for the Kremlin’s Calamitous Messaging
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Election 2020
Russia’s Narratives about U.S. Election Integrity in 2020
FIE outlines coverage from RT and Sputnik News that questions the integrity of U.S. elections in 2020.
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.
March 2020 – Russia’s Media Mentions of 2020 Presidential Candidates (Update 3)
FIE 2020’s third update on Russia’s media mentions of the 2020 candidates and the 2020 election.
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.
Shifts in Chinese Coverage of the Trade War Amid COVID-19
FIE 2020 takes a look at how The Global Times’s coverage on the trade war has changed amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
February and March – Iranian Media Mentions of 2020 Candidates (Update 1)
FIE 2020 examines PressTV’s media mentions of the 2020 candidates in February and March 2020.
China’s Media Mentions of the 2020 Candidates
FIE 2020 examines Chinese state media outlet The Global Times and its coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the 2020 candidates.