Hacking Culture Not Code: How American Racism Fuels Russia's Century-Long Memetic Disinformation Campaign.
This study develops upon recent scholarship about the Russian government's digital influence campaign to cultivate Black Americans during the 2016 election by rooting their efforts within a century-long strategy to exploit racial inequality to discredit and damage American democracy. Guided by Shifm...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Communication Inquiry Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 342 - 361 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2022
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