Browsing by Subject "propaganda"

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    Influence of Gossip Media on Political Attitudes of Various Thinkers
    (2015-05-29) Yushchenko, Yekaterina; Miller, Joanne
    This study sought to look at how people of different levels of need for cognition are influenced by hidden political messages in gossip media. Results were collected by testing college students on their opinions on gun control and crime related issues before and after consuming a piece of biased gossip media, nonbiased gossip (control) media, and biased news media. This study found that high need for cognition people were influenced by biased media significantly more than those low in need for cognition. Despite the frivolous appearance of gossip media, this study found that both gossip and news media were significant influencers of opinion, but only for high need for cognition individuals and on separate issues.
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    Loyal Critics: How Pro-Russian Bloggers Combined Embedded Journalism and Propaganda on Telegram During Russia’s War in Ukraine
    (2024) Klevanskaya, Nicole Marie
    This study conducts a visual and textual analysis of over 700 posts to examine how three popular pro-Russian war bloggers used Telegram to share propagandistic and journalistic messages while embedded with Russian troops during Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Findings reveal that the bloggers parroted and supported the narratives of Russian President Vladimir Putin by sharing examples of them allegedly happening on the frontlines. Similar to embedded journalists’ support of the American war effort in Iraq during the early 2000s, the bloggers aided in and participated in the Russian war effort. However, they challenged the roles of state propagandists by delivering surprisingly candid independent criticism of Russian army leadership while simultaneously supporting Putin’s war. This study answers scholarly calls for increased academic scholarship on the connections between journalism and propaganda. It also contributes an understanding of a newer Russian propaganda strategy that mixes criticism with continued loyalty to the war.