Politics on Nightly News: Russian State Television and the Use of Propaganda during International Crises

• In Event: Media in Authoritarian Environments

Brief Overview

Analyzes the sentiment of the news on Russian state TV before and after the Ukrainian crisis, focusing on detecting whether the news content changed as the Euromaidan, the annexation of Crimea and the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine unfolded.

Authors

• Ecaterina Locoman, University of Pennsylvania

• Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University-New Brunswick