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Rysk desinformation - En textanalytisk studie om rysk desinformation riktat mot svensk inrikespolitik

Richert, Siri LU (2021) UNDK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis tries to examine how today’s Russian disinformation campaigns can be related to the Soviet strategies of active measures by analyzing newspaper articles from the Russian state owned media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik News. The news articles are related to Swedish domestic policy, and this thesis uses a narrative analytical approach to find narratives that Russia tries to form about Sweden. The theoretical framework consists of different theories about active measures and disinformation from the Soviet union. To gain a better understanding of the power dynamic of Russia, the theory of strategic narratives is also used. Strategic narratives give different explanation models for how to understand why Russia uses... (More)
This thesis tries to examine how today’s Russian disinformation campaigns can be related to the Soviet strategies of active measures by analyzing newspaper articles from the Russian state owned media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik News. The news articles are related to Swedish domestic policy, and this thesis uses a narrative analytical approach to find narratives that Russia tries to form about Sweden. The theoretical framework consists of different theories about active measures and disinformation from the Soviet union. To gain a better understanding of the power dynamic of Russia, the theory of strategic narratives is also used. Strategic narratives give different explanation models for how to understand why Russia uses disinformation. This thesis argues that modern Russian disinformation campaigns do indeed use what is known as Soviet techniques for disinformation and persuasion. Also, the analysis examines how Russian state owned media outlets try to create a narrative about Sweden as a state with high rates in criminality that can no longer be considered as a safe country. (Less)
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author
Richert, Siri LU
supervisor
organization
course
UNDK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
desinformation, aktiva åtgärder, narrativanalys, svensk inrikespolitik
language
Swedish
id
9063477
date added to LUP
2021-09-02 09:40:08
date last changed
2021-09-02 09:40:08
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  abstract     = {{This thesis tries to examine how today’s Russian disinformation campaigns can be related to the Soviet strategies of active measures by analyzing newspaper articles from the Russian state owned media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik News. The news articles are related to Swedish domestic policy, and this thesis uses a narrative analytical approach to find narratives that Russia tries to form about Sweden. The theoretical framework consists of different theories about active measures and disinformation from the Soviet union. To gain a better understanding of the power dynamic of Russia, the theory of strategic narratives is also used. Strategic narratives give different explanation models for how to understand why Russia uses disinformation. This thesis argues that modern Russian disinformation campaigns do indeed use what is known as Soviet techniques for disinformation and persuasion. Also, the analysis examines how Russian state owned media outlets try to create a narrative about Sweden as a state with high rates in criminality that can no longer be considered as a safe country.}},
  author       = {{Richert, Siri}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rysk desinformation - En textanalytisk studie om rysk desinformation riktat mot svensk inrikespolitik}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}