The Blame Game: Russian Propaganda in Slovakia Following the Onset of the Ukraine Occupation (Language, Semantics, Narratives)

• In Event: Tools and Influences of Russian Propaganda III

Abstract

This contribution delves into the impact of Russian propaganda in Slovakia during the first two years (2022-2023) following the onset of the Ukraine occupation. The analysis is grounded in data extracted from selected Slovak profiles on social networks and describes the semantics and main narratives of pro-Russian actors on social networks operating in Slovakia. The foundational material for the exemplary corpus, on which the study relies, consists of 150 selected profiles and more than 1.2 million tokens. The reference corpus to which the study refers comprises a broader framework of up to 24 million tokens.

Author

• Marek Debnar, Constantine the Philosopher U in Nitra (Slovakia)