RTs roll inom rysk psykologisk krigföring. En studie av retoriska angreppssätt för psykologisk krigföring
(2020) UNDK01 20201Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The Russian state-funded news media RT, formerly Russia Today, has since its start in 2005 created a reputation for acting as Kremlin's propaganda machine and part of Russia's political hybrid warfare. Previous research indicates that RT actively conducts psychological influence operations with the aim of legitimise Russia’s politics among the readers.
By adopting a theory-developing approach, the study aims at understanding the rhetorical methods behind RT’s reporting by studying its media coverage of two cases connected to Russia’s political interests abroad 1) the US announcement of military withdrawal from Syria, and 2) the downing of Malaysian airways MH17. Four central rhetoric elements of psychological warfare have been developed... (More) - The Russian state-funded news media RT, formerly Russia Today, has since its start in 2005 created a reputation for acting as Kremlin's propaganda machine and part of Russia's political hybrid warfare. Previous research indicates that RT actively conducts psychological influence operations with the aim of legitimise Russia’s politics among the readers.
By adopting a theory-developing approach, the study aims at understanding the rhetorical methods behind RT’s reporting by studying its media coverage of two cases connected to Russia’s political interests abroad 1) the US announcement of military withdrawal from Syria, and 2) the downing of Malaysian airways MH17. Four central rhetoric elements of psychological warfare have been developed and are used to structure the analysis;
- Conspiratorial approaches,
- Defamation of the opponent,
- Dissemination of disagreement, and - Own agenda - Russian interests.
The analysis of RT’s reporting shows that the breadth of outcomes and variation is negligible. After the study, it is therefore possible to conclude that the model based on given rhetorical elements is applicable to categorise similar information campaigns in order to identify and predict their development. (Less)
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- author
- Malmström, Malin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- UNDK01 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Hybridkrigföring, psykologisk krigföring, konspirationsteorier
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9010027
- date added to LUP
- 2020-06-12 10:41:25
- date last changed
- 2020-06-15 05:14:49
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abstract = {{The Russian state-funded news media RT, formerly Russia Today, has since its start in 2005 created a reputation for acting as Kremlin's propaganda machine and part of Russia's political hybrid warfare. Previous research indicates that RT actively conducts psychological influence operations with the aim of legitimise Russia’s politics among the readers.
By adopting a theory-developing approach, the study aims at understanding the rhetorical methods behind RT’s reporting by studying its media coverage of two cases connected to Russia’s political interests abroad 1) the US announcement of military withdrawal from Syria, and 2) the downing of Malaysian airways MH17. Four central rhetoric elements of psychological warfare have been developed and are used to structure the analysis;
- Conspiratorial approaches,
- Defamation of the opponent,
- Dissemination of disagreement, and - Own agenda - Russian interests.
The analysis of RT’s reporting shows that the breadth of outcomes and variation is negligible. After the study, it is therefore possible to conclude that the model based on given rhetorical elements is applicable to categorise similar information campaigns in order to identify and predict their development.}},
author = {{Malmström, Malin}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{RTs roll inom rysk psykologisk krigföring. En studie av retoriska angreppssätt för psykologisk krigföring}},
year = {{2020}},
}