Information Geopolitics and Political Propaganda in the Mass Media of the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Waldemar Żak
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
World Order ◽  
Global Information ◽  
New Information ◽  
Continental Block ◽  
New Imperialism ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

Information is considered one of the main factors of the current geopolitical dynamics. The information paradigm of geopolitics defines the canons of conquest and control of a global information space, as well as the nature of the relationship between geopolitical actors. It covers a range of issues related to geographic information policy, which includes the activities aimed at increasing the power of State information, including in the media. Helping people understand the changing world order has become the main goal of mass media. In an emerging global information field, the media no longer divide events into domestic and foreign ones. Russia’s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy. The country built an array of soft power instruments and transformed them into effective weapons in a new information war with the West. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russia’s soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russia’s new imperialism. The minimum task may be the integration of part of the post-Soviet space, whereas the maximum task is to unite civilizations into a single Eurasian continental block in order to restore civilization balance

‘Not Attributable to Official Sources’: Counter-Propaganda and the Mass Media

2008 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
David McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Media ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Regular Contact ◽  
Official Sources ◽  
The Relationship

During the Cold War in Australia, the political agenda was dominated by the threat of communism. One factor in building this agenda was the ‘counter-propaganda operations’ of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) which regularly released unattributable information to selected mass media outlets. In the period when these activities were most prevalent (1960–72), ASIO officers had regular contact with editors and with selected journalists on major newspapers and television. This formed part of a broader ‘cultural Cold War’ in which anti-communism was an organising principle. This article outlines new information on these activities, suggests that these operations were more extensive than previously thought, and discusses this relationship in terms of the scholarly work on media sources, government-sponsored intervention in the media and classical theories of propaganda. It suggests that one way to understand the controversial media role in counter-propaganda operations lies in the relationship between police and crime reporters.

The American Ghetto, Gangster, and Respect on the Streets of Copenhagen: Media(tion)s between Structure and Street Culture

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124162110569
Author(s):  
Hakan Kalkan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Perceived Similarity ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Street Culture ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

“Street culture” is often considered a response to structural factors. However, the relationship between culture and structure has rarely been empirically analyzed. This article analyzes the role of three media representations of American street culture and gangsters—two films and the music of a rap artist—in the street culture of a disadvantaged part of Copenhagen. Based on years of ethnographic fieldwork, this article demonstrates that these media representations are highly valuable to and influential among young men because of their perceived similarity between their intersectional structural positions and those represented in the media. Thus, the article illuminates the interaction between structural and cultural factors in street culture. It further offers a local explanation of the scarcely studied phenomenon of the influence of mass media on street culture, and a novel, media-based, local explanation of global similarities in different street cultures.

Global Media and Information Ethics

2011 ◽  
pp. 50-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Ndirangu Wachanga
Keyword(s):  
State Power ◽  
World Order ◽  
Information Ethics ◽  
The State ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Media Ethics ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Optimum Form ◽  
Cartesian Plane ◽  
The Relationship

Any meaningful debate on global media and information ethics is burdened with the complexity of dissecting various disjunctive dynamics that characterize the complexity of emerging global relationships. The authors argue that the emerging global phenomenon problematizes the Cartesian plane of oppositions – center vs. periphery, North vs. South, global vs. local, which has been the forte of globalization studies until recently. It is against this background that the authors seek to examine challenges of having a global information and media ethics. The authors will pay attention to the antagonistic mechanics informing the domination and rejection of intangible ethical principles. In this discussion, they will be guided, partly, by Alleyne’s (2009, p. 384) postulation on the need to pay attention to “changes in state power, the relationship between the market and the state, and modifications in the ideological assumptions about the optimum form of world order.”

The dark double: the American media perception of Russia as a neo-Soviet autocracy, 2008–2014

Politics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei P Tsygankov
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Mirror Image ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Internal Politics ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
American National Identity ◽  
American Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Russian Politics ◽  
And Control

This article combines quantitative and textual analysis of editorials in leading American newspapers devoted to Russia’s internal politics from 2008 to 2014. Despite rapprochement under President Dmitry Medvedev, the media image of Russia has been overwhelmingly negative since 2008. Negative media editorial opinions of Russia reflect fears of autocratic political systems that are represented as a dangerous mirror image of the American system. To maintain this binary, aspects of Russian politics that did not fit into the neo-Soviet autocracy narrative were ignored. An original contribution of the article is its identification of key frames used by leading American media outlets to construct a narrative about contemporary Russia as a neo-Soviet autocracy. It demonstrates that this narrative is instrumental in confirming domestic perceptions of American national identity that emphasize its association with freedom at home and leadership of the ‘free world’ abroad. As such, these findings are significant for reaffirming the importance of media framings, associated narratives, and control over them to global governance and soft power.

scholarly journals The Image of Women in Television Commercials and Drama: Media as Creator or Mirror of reality

1970 ◽  
pp. 16-17
Author(s):  
Randa Abul-Husn
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Television Commercials ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Women In Television

The question of mass media as creator versus mirror of culture is one of the most debated issues in the relationship between mass media and society. Some critical media sociologists emphasize the value producing function of mass media, whereas others are foremost interested in demonstrating how social reality is reflected in the media.

scholarly journals Wpływ Euromajdanu i Rewolucji Godności na tworzenie nowych mediów na Ukrainie

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-142
Author(s):  
Daryna Kharuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ukrainian Society ◽  
The Revolution

The process of changing the media landscape in Ukraine cannot be called simple. At the same time, these changes are very large and irreversible - as well as changes in Ukrainian society. This paper deals with the issues related to the present media landscape of Ukraine and the factors that influence it. The work describes the relationship between the media and the events of Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity, as well as the identity crisis that led to the events of 2013–2014 in Ukraine. The role of the mass media in the democratic revolutions in Ukraine is very important. The changing position of the media, the influence of the oligarchs, and the resistance of media workers - all of this was a part of the revolution that changed not only Ukrainian society but also the mass media for the better. Journalists, being public figures, were active participants in the revolution and stood close to its roots. Admittedly, this had an impact on the specifics of the work of journalists who had to operate in extreme conditions, first during the Revolution of Dignity, and later broadcasting events in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. The events of the Euromaidan completely changed the situation, putting an end to the crisis of national self-identification. The media not only reflected on but also created these changes while experiencing restructuration. A new type of media has emerged – are ordinary people who, using their profiles in social networks, acted to spread the information about events, commented on them, and shared their reflections.

scholarly journals HEGEMONI PEMANGKU KEBIJAKAN BUPATI JEMBER TERHADAP MEDIA MASSA LOKAL

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-87
Author(s):  
Nila Noer Karisna
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Political Actor ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Subject Selection ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship

The mass media which has developed rapidly provides the opportunities for all circles in using and taking the advantage of media for specific purposes, especially for political actors. For example in JTV Jember, one of the media in Jember Regency which reports a local political actor in Jember or the Regent of Jember, positive news that is displayed on JTV Jember has an effect on society. So that the news about the Regent which is negative will not be published because of the collaboration between the Regent of Jember and the media JTV Jember.This study is qualitative with Cresswell's descriptive type of research using purposive subject selection method. The data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. In analyzing the data, the writer uses data reduction, data presentation, and verification.The results of this study reveal that the hegemony carried out by the Regent of Jember towards media JTV Jember is integral or total hegemony because it spontaneously agrees to the provisions of the MOU with the Regent. Further, media JTV Jember does not have freely in reporting the news about the Regent that contains of conflict. In addition, the editorial policy of JTV Jember after being analyzed through text which contains of news representations of JTV Jember becomes a representative in conveying the informations about the Regent of Jember, the relationship between JTV Jember news about the Regent of Jember is motivated by MOU. therefor, the identity of JTV Jember becomes a medium which is known by FaidaTV. 

scholarly journals A Celebrity from the Sky: ʿAbd al-Bāsiṭ ʿAbd al-Ṣamad’s Journey to National and International Fame in ʿAbd al-Nāṣir’s and al-Sādāt’s Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Omar Sayfo
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Home Village ◽  
The Media ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Media Texts

Abstract ʿAbd al-Bāsiṭ ʿAbd al-Ṣamad (1927–88) is one of the most renowned Egyptian Qurʾān reciters of the mujawwad and murattal styles, admired nationally and internationally for his remarkable voice and improvisatory style. Starting from the 1950s, his national and international career was entwined with the emergence of Egyptian mass media, which contributed not only to the spread of his voice on the radio, followed by the distribution of cassettes, but also to the formation of his image through a variety of media texts. While avoiding explicit political engagement, he largely contributed to the religious legitimation of ʿAbd al-Nāṣir’s and al-Sādāt’s policies by his presence at iconic events, as well as to the growth of Egyptian soft power. This article sets ʿAbd al-Bāsiṭ ʿAbd al-Ṣamad’s career within the media and political landscape of his time, exploring his journey from his Upper Egyptian home village to transnational celebrity.

scholarly journals The family rules. The influence of parenting styles on adolescents' media literacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (Media literacy) ◽  
pp. 74-96
Author(s):  
Claudia Riesmeyer ◽  
Bernadette Abel ◽  
Annika Großmann
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Media Criticism ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control ◽  
Strong Control ◽  
The Relationship

The paper examines the relationship between parenting styles concerning media and the ability of young people to criticize media. It is based on 28 qualitative interviews with each parent and their children. Young people use social networks such as Instagram extensively, while their parents use them much less often. Nevertheless, they are the first instance of media socialization. They should communicate norms for media use and inform about opportunities and risks. Instagram fulfils adolescents' desire for social interaction with others or participation in the life of others, documentation of everyday life and the possibility of self-expression through its visual characteristics. The paper develops a typology of young people depending on parenting styles and illustrates their relevance for media criticism. The dimensions of parenting styles heat and control characterize this ability. The higher the warmth of parenting, the higher the children's ability to criticize the media. The influence of control is less clear. It is advantageous to a certain degree and helps the children. If it becomes too strong, control unfolds a rather negative potential that inhibits young people's media literacy.

scholarly journals Contemporary mass media: a journalist’s responsibility

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Viktor Ivanovich Shahovsky
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
New Information ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Information Consumers

The article views a circle of issues connected with the responsibility of contemporary work of media for the quality of information. The metalanguage actual for the new Russian media sphere is generalized. All types of up-to-date information resources are viewed and classified. The types and forms of their content variation are analysed. Special attention is paid to a new information phenomenon – infonoise – whose harmful nature is revealed. Among intended and unintended fluctuations of the language norm there is a process of constructing createmes as a means of communicative freedom, expressivisation and emotionalisation of the media discourse. The journalists are reminded of their responsibility for the quality of information presented to the public. A most significant definition of responsibility including all its necessary notional specifiers is introduced. The absence of these specifiers is illustrated in the information materials, which impedes adequate understanding of them by the mass media consumers and does not lead to the unified reflection. It is stated that the most important of these specifiers is the truthfulness of information. Special attention is paid to the ecological risks of the irresponsibility of some journalists in regard to their fishing, transmitting and broadcasting low-quality information. Emphasis is put on the fact that the practice of journalists represents a specific communicative sphere, which often disorients information consumers. This fact is mostly obvious in connection with incompliance of mass media in a common methodology of presenting information, which has resulted in destruction of the dialogue function of mass media: only the Internet still preserves this function. Highlighted is the role of the language in creating linguistic reality as opposed to the objective one.

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